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Convincing evidence is presented that the o-dinitroso intermediate involved
in the exchange of the 1-oxide and 3-oxide tautomers of 6-nitro[2,1,3]oxad
iazolo[4,5-b] pyridine 1-oxide 5 is the precursor of the Diels-Alder diaddu
ct 7 isolated upon treatment of this compound with cyclohexadiene in CHCl3.