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ETUDE DE L'ISOMERISATION CATALYSEE DE NITRO-5 EN NITRO-4 IMIDAZOLES
Vanelle, Patrice,Jentzer, Olivier,Bahnous, Mebarek,Crozet, Michel P.
, p. 5361 - 5364 (1988)
1-Methyl-2-substituted-5-nitroimidazoles are easily rearranged in very good yields in presence of catalytic amount of CH3I affording the corresponding 4-nitroimidazoles.The synthetic usefulness of this rearrangement and some mechanistic details are discussed.