Abstract Arylnitroso compounds 1–3 easily reacted with dimethyl bromomalonate to give the corresponding N-aryl-C, C-dimethoxycarbonylnitrones (4–6). Treatment of C, C- dimethoxycarbonyl-N-(1-naphthyl) nitrone (4) with acetylene compounds (dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, methyl 2-butynoate or ethyl phenylpropiolate) caused 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition to furnish the corresponding 1H-benz [g] indolines (7a-c). In a similar ...