REGIOSELECTIVE NITRATION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS BY METALLIC NITRATES ON THE K10 MONTMORILLONITE UNDER MENKE CONDITIONS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1988.1843

Aromatic hydrocarbons are nitrated with good regioselectivities by clay-supported cupric nitrate in the presence of acetic anhydride.The procedure commends itself by its simplicity and gives useful yields (75-98percent).In each case, the predominant product can be predicted by consideration of the Hueckel HOMO for the aromatic ring.