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4-Chloro-3-nitro-2-pyridines 3 and 10, obtained from 4-hydroxy-2-pyridones
1 and 8 after nitration and chlorination, gave with sodium azide 4-azido-3-
nitropyridines 4 and 11, which cyclized on thermolysis to furoxans 6 and 12
. Desoxygenation of the furoxan 6 with triphenylphosphane gave the furazan
7. Thermal decomposition conditions of the azide 4 and the desoxygenation r
eaction of 6 to 7 were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).