ChemInform Abstract: New and Improved Methods for the Conversion of Nitroalkanes into Geminal Chloronitroso Compounds.

The scope and limitations of a new method for the preparation of geminal chloronitroso compounds involving treatment of a nitronate anion with oxalyl chloride are described in full, and a milder, high yielding, and more chemoselective variant using the derived silyl nitronate is presented.