REACTIONS OF ORGANIC ANIONS. PART XCVII. CLEAVAGE OF SUBSTITUTED α-(p- AND o-NITROPHENYL)-DEOXYBENZOINS BY SODIUM METHOXIDE IN METHANOL. DISPROPORTIONATION AND INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION REACTIONS OF NITRODIPHENYLMETHANE ANIONS
Cleavage of substituted α-(p- and o-nitrophenyl) deoxybenzoins by sodium methoxide in methanol and subsequent transformations of resulting p- and o-nitrophenylphenylmethane anions have been investigated.