A New Reaction of α-Nitro Nitriles: Conversion to β-Nitro Nitriles

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00176a027

At room temperature the nitro group of an α-nitro nitrile is readily displaced by nitroparaffin anions with the result that β-nitro nitriles are produced in excellent yields.Evidence is presented for the view that these reactions are electron-transfer cha