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Easily accessible and stable ring-methoxylated benzyl chlorides react with AgNO2 to give mixtures of the corresponding arylnitromethanes and nitrite esters. A modified approach for the isolation of arylnitromethanes is described, which represents a valuable improvement of the established Victor Meyer reaction. The isolation technique, which involves reaction of the nitrite ester with urea in methanol, allows the desired arylnitromethanes to be isolated, without loss, in 29–75% yields, and generates the corresponding recyclable benzyl alcohols. Unexpectedly, ring-methoxylated benzyl iodides cannot be used because they are not sufficiently stable and produce tars under the developed reaction conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cleavage of 1,3-dimethyl-3,3a,9,9a-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-2,7(1H,6H)-diones upon treatment with aromatic aldehydes has been shown to afford (Z)-5-arylmethylidene-3-((E)-arylmethylideneamino)thiazolidine-2,4-diones bearing two identical or different arylmethylidene fragments at the exocyclic nitrogen atom and at position 5 of thiazolidine cycle. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reaction of thiazolidine-2,4-dione derivatives with azomethine ylide generated from isatin and sarcosine gave diastereomerically pure dispiro[indole-3,2′-pyrrolidine-3′,5″-thiazolidine]-2,2″,4″-triones in good yields. Dispiro compound with two 4-methoxyphenyl fragments exhibited slight antiproliferative activity toward CCRF-CEM (leukemia) and CAKI-1 (renal cancer) cell lines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]