THE NITRATION OF p-CYMENE WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE IN ACETIC ANHYDRIDE: THE ISOLATION AND X-RAY STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF 6-METHYL-3-(METHYLETHYL)-t-5-NITRATO-1,r-3,c-4,t-6-TETRANITROCYCLOHEXENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)82101-2

Reaction of p-cymene (1a) with nitrogen dioxide in acetic anhydride gives 2-nitro-p-cymene (1b), p-nitrotoluene (2), and the tetranitronitratocyclohexene (3) as the major products; the X-ray crystal structure of (3) is reported.