“…Most of them suffer at least from one of the following disadvantages: (1) high costs of preparations, (2) long reaction times, (3) hygroscopicity, (4) no selectivity, (5) photosensitivity, (6) dangerous procedures for their preparation, and (7) tedious work-up procedures. [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] In continuation of our previous works, on oxidation and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, [33][34][35][36][37][38][39] we now introduce an efficient, mild and rapid method for the oxidation of urazoles to their corresponding 4-substituted-1,2,4-triazole-3,5-diones (TADs), by using benzyltriphenylphosphonium nitrate (I, BTPPN) as a mild and novel oxidising reagent which is readily prepared by reaction of an aqueous solution of benzyltriphenylphosphonium chloride with NaNO 3 solution at room temperature (Scheme 1).…”