Szcmmuvy. Nitrosoalkane dimers react with acid halides to yield a-halogeno-azoxy compounds with the substituent a to the oxygen-bearing nitrogen. In the presence of silver carbonate, the corresponding a-acyloxy-azoxy compounds are formed.The reaction of N-isobutyl-N-nitroso-hydroxylamine salts with 3,5-dinitrob2nzoyl chloride yields, among other products, 1-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyloxy)-1,1'-NNOazoxyisobutane (6) [l]. The known decomposition of nitrosohydroxylamines to nitrosoalkans dimsrs [2] suggests that compound 6 may have originated from an acylation of nitrosoisobutane dirner. In fact, the latter reaction does yield compound 6; a characterization of the products from such acylation of nitrosoalkane dimers is the subject of this paper.Reactions. -tram-1-Nitrosoisobutane dimer (2) [3-51, the structure of which has been proven by X-ray [6] diffraction techniques, was obtained by the oxidation of isobutylamine with m-chloroperbenzoic acid as described by Baldwilt et al. [7]. The nitroso dimer 2 reacted under very mild conditions, +20" over a period of 2 to 16 hours, with acid halides to give u-halogeno-azoxy compounds 3 and 4 in 65% and 41% yields (Schwze 1 ) . Methylene chloride, tetrahydrofuran and acetonitrile were useful solvents for this reaction, whereas no reaction occurred in toluene. Our reaction conditions were different from those of Collir, et al. [4], who treated nitrosoisobutane dimer 2 and related compounds with acetyl chloride in diethyl ether saturated with dry hydrogen chloride, and isolated the acylhydrazone hydrochloride 9 (presumably formed via 5) from 2.