SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOCOBALOXIMES - MODIFICATION OF THE ORGANIC GROUP INORGANOCOBALOXIMES

5-Substituted heteroaromaticmethyl cobaloximes are synthesized by a ve ry simple reaction of arenesulfenyl chloride, ArSCI (Ar = Ph, C6Cl5 an d 2,4-(NO2)(2)C6H3) with heteroaromaticmethyl cobaloximes, RCoIII(dmgH )(2)Py [R = 2- and 3-thienylmethyl, furfuryl] in the dark at 0 degrees C. As organocobaloximes are susceptible to Co-C bond cleavage by the electrophiles and free radicals, the ring substitution is quite remark able.