ISOXAZOLES  , monazole chemical compounds corresponding to

furfurane, in which the -CH group adjacent to the oxygen atom is replaced by a nitrogen atom, and therefore they contain H C = N the ring system >O• They may be prepared HC =CH by the elimination of water from the monoximes of 0-diketones, 0-ketone aldehydes or oxymethylene ketones (L . Claisen, Ber., 1891, 24, p . 3906), the general reaction proceeding according to the equation R•CO•CH2•CO•R+H2N .OH =2H20+R•C = N HC=C-R W . Dunstan and T . S . Dymond (Jour . Chem . Soc., 1891, 49, p . 410) have also prepared isoxazoles by the action of alkalis on nitroparaffins, but have not been able to obtain the parent substance . Those isoxazoles in which the carbon atom adjacent to nitrogen is substituted are stable compounds, but if this is not the case, rearrangement of the molecule takes place and nitriles are formed . The isoxazoles are feebly basic . The isoxazolones are the keto derivatives of the as yet unknown 'dihydroisoxazole, and are compounds of strongly acid nature, decomposing the carbonates of the alkaline earth metals and forming salts with metals and with ammonia .