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Stabilized ketone, aldehyde, and ester enolates react with vinamidinium hex
afluorophosphate salts and hydroxylamine hydrochloride to give access to th
e corresponding pyridine N-oxides, The annulation reactions proceed in good
to excellent yields with vinamidinium salts with a range of beta -substitu
ents (R-3 = halo, aryl, nitro, trifluoromethyl).