Cf. Beam et al., The preparation of 4,5-dihydro-3-aryl-naphth-[1,2-c]-isoxazoles from dilithiated 1-tetralone oxime and aromatic esters, SYN COMMUN, 30(18), 2000, pp. 3391-3404
Dilithiated 1-tetralone oxime was prepared in excess lithium diisopropylami
de and condensed with a variety of esters followed by acid cyclization of C
-acylated intermediates to substituted 4,5-dihydronaphth-[1,2-c]isoxazoles.