Heterocyclic radical ion substitution: V. Comparison between the reaction of 1,2-dimethyl-(chloroethyl)-4-nitro-5-imidazole and the e-nitrobenzyl system

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88782-1

The first example of radical-anion substitution (S(RN)1) involving a nitroimidazole compound in which the nitro group is ortho to the side-chain at which substitution occurs is described. This process is more effective in 5-nitroimidazole than in o-nitrobenzyle series.