Arylamination of 3-nitropyridine via the nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen leads to a mixture of 2-arylamino-5-nitropyridines and novel 2-arylamino-5-nitrosopyridines, with the latter as the major product. The proposed mechanism includes the formation of σH-adducts and their further aromatization proceeding either through an oxidative pathway or intramolecular Red/Ox pathway of the SN H reaction. Moreover, we have shown that nitroso compounds can be selectively oxidized with m-chloroperbenzoic acid to give the corresponding nitro derivatives or their N-oxides, depending on the reaction temperature and the amount of oxidant.

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For the first time, amides and ureas based on both 5-nitroisoquinoline and 5-nitrosoisoquinoline were obtained by direct nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen in the 5-nitroisoquinoline molecule. In the case of urea and monosubstituted ureas, only 5-nitrosoisoquinoline-6-amine is formed under anhydrous conditions.