“…Thus, it should be susceptible to N-nitrosation. Indeed, literature reports already highlight the preparation of Nnitroso-hydrochlorothiazide (2, 6-chloro-4-nitroso-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[e] [1,2,4]thiadiazine-7-sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide, NO-HCT, Scheme 1); 37,38 however, its reactivity was not explored in a broader context. In this report, we demonstrate that NO-HCT 2 is unstable in aqueous conditions at pH 1 to 8 and readily decomposes to several degradation products among which formaldehyde, aminobenzenesulfonic acid (3, 2-amino-4chloro-5-sulfamoylbenzenesulfonic acid, ABSA, Scheme 1), thiatriazine (4, 6-chloro-2H-benzo[e] [1,2,3,4]thiatriazine-7sulfonamide 1,1-dioxide, Scheme 1), and HCT 1 are the predominant ones.…”