J. Kind et Hj. Niclas, PREPARATION OF 5,7-DINITROBENZOFURAZAN-4-YL ARYL DIKETONES VIA MEISENHEIMER COMPLEXES, Synthetic communications, 23(11), 1993, pp. 1569-1576
New zwitterionic sigma-C-C-bonded Meisenheimer complexes 3 are obtaine
d by treatment of sulfonium ylides 2 with 4,6-dinitrobenzofuroxan 1. T
he reaction of 3 with nitric acid affords the 5,7-dinitrobenzofurazan-
4-yl aryl diketones 4.