- Nitration of deactivated aromatic compounds via mechanochemical reaction
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A variety of deactivated arenes were nitrated to their corresponding nitro derivatives in excellent yields under high-speed ball milling condition using Fe(NO3)3·9H2O/P2O5 as nitrating reagent. A radical involved mechanism was proposed for this facial, eco-friendly, safe, and effective nitration reaction.
- Wu, Jian-Wei,Zhang, Pu,Guo, Zhi-Xin
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supporting information
(2021/05/05)
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- A novel method for the nitration of simple aromatic compounds
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Simple aromatic compounds such as benzene, alkylbenzenes, halogenobenzenes, and some disubstituted benzenes are nitrated in excellent yields with high regioselectivity under mild conditions using zeolite β as a catalyst and a stoichiometric quantity of nitric acid and acetic anhydride. The zeolite can be recycled, and the only byproduct is acetic acid, which can be separated easily from the nitration product by distillation; the process is inexpensive and represents an attractive method for the clean synthesis of a range of nitroaromatic compounds. For example, nitration of toluene gives a quantitative yield of mononitrotoluenes, of which 79% is 4-nitrotoluene; fluorobenzene gives a quantitative yield of mononitro compounds, of which 94% is 4-nitrofluorobenzene; and 2-fluorotoluene gives a 96% yield of mononitro products, of which 90% is the 5-nitro isomer and 10% is the 4-nitro isomer.
- Smith, Keith,Musson, Adam,DeBoos, Gareth A.
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p. 8448 - 8454
(2007/10/03)
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- PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS BETWEEN ORTHO-METHYL SUBSTITUTED DERIVATIVES OF 4-NITROPHENYLPHENYLCYANOMETHANE AND NITROGEN BASES IN ACETONITRILE SOLVENT
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Equilibrium constants, rate constants, primary deuterium isotope effects, and activation parameters have been measured for the proton transfer reactions in acetonitrile solvent of 4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane and 2-methyl-4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane with tetramethylguanidine base and for the reactions of 2-methyl-4-nitrophenylphenylcyanomethane and 2,6-dimethyl-4-nitrophenylphenylcaynomethane with 1,5-diazabicycloundec-7-ene base.Introduction of the ortho-methyl groups in the substrate molecule caused significant reductions in the equilibrium and the rate constants.The expected rise in the kinetic primary deuterium isotope effect was not observed when the first ortho-methyl group was introduced, but a 20percent increase did accompany the introduction of the second ortho-methyl group.Enthalpy of activation measurements indicated that there was no increase in the proton tunnelling contribution to the isotope effect when the amount of steric hindrance is increased with ortho-methyl groups.
- Leffek, Kenneth T.,Pruszynski, Przemyslaw
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p. 1454 - 1458
(2007/10/02)
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- Electrophilic aromatic substitution. Part 24. The nitration of isopropylbenzene, 2- and 4-isopropyltoluene, 1-chloro-4-isopropylbenzene, 4-isopropylanisole, and 2-bromotoluene: Nitrodeisopropylation
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The kinetics and products of nitration in aqueous sulphuric acid of the title compounds have been studied. 4-Isopropyl-phenol and -anisole are nitrated at or near the encounter rate. In 65-79% H2SO4 2-isopropyltoluene suffers ca. 25% ipso-attack; the only fate of W iPri (ipso-Wheland intermediate) is nitrodeisopropylation. From 4-isopropyltoluene WiPri is also nitrodeisopropylated, but some 1,2-nitro-migration may occur. From the same compound WiMe may be captured by water, rearrange, or give 4-methylacetophenone; a mechanism is proposed for the formation of the last compound. Nitrodeisopropylation occurs without the assistance of water. With 4-isopropylanisole, demethoxylation and nitrodeisopropylation are consequences of the formation of WiPri. The results are consistent with increasing attack at C-4 with increasing acidity, loss of isopropyl without assistance from water, and decomposition of the unobserved intermediate, 4-isopropyl-4-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienone, by two processes. One, acid-catalysed process gives 4-nitrophenol and possibly 4-isopropyl-2-nitrophenol. The other, probably radical, process gives 4-isopropyl-2-nitrophenol. In contrast to 4-bromotoluene, 2-bromotoluene is not nitrodebrominated.
- Manglik, Ajay K.,Moodie, Roy B.,Schofield, Kenneth,Tobin, Geoffrey D.,Coombes, Robert G.,Hadjigeorgiou, Panicos
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p. 1606 - 1616
(2007/10/02)
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