“…The adducts have been used for preparation of heterocyclic compounds, 4,5,37,46--48,52-54,56,59,63 in Beckmann rearrangement,43 for cyclizations, 4,5,38,40,44,45,57,62,64,66,68 (a review covering cyclizations under Vilsmeier-Haack conditions is available 77 ), for preparation of amidines, 5,7,39,41,42,55,76 in von Braun degradation,61 in rearrangements,68 in condensation reactions,69 in substitution of aromatic compounds,4,6,7,71,74 in reduction of amides,72 in amide dimerization 73 and for preparation of isonitriles. 5 The adduct from DMF and POBr3 was used for similar purposes.…”