119696-08-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Oxidative Aromatic Nitration with Charge-Transfer Complexes of Arenes and Nitrosonium Salts
Kim, E. K.,Kochi, J. K.
, p. 1692 - 1702 (1989)
Brightly colored solutions are obtained immediately upon the exposure of various arenes (ArH) to nitrosonium (NO+) salts.The colors arise from the charge-transfer transitions of 1:1 complexes +> that are reversibly formed as persistent intermediates.However the yellow-red charge-transfer (CT) colors are readily bleached by dioxygen, and the corresponding nitroarenes (ArNO2) can be isolated in excellent yields from acetonitrile solutions.Such an oxidative aromatic nitration of aromatic donors proceeds via the initial autooxidation of the charge-transfer complex.The collapse of the resulting radical ion pair .+,NO2> to the ?-adduct, followed by the loss of proton, affords ArNO2.Direct evidence for electron transfer in the initial step when anthracene is treated with NO+PF6- stems for the isolation of (a) the anthracene ion radical salt .+PF6-> along with nitric oxide in dichloromethane solution and (b) the formation of 9-nitroanthracene (admixed with anthraquinone) in the more polar acetonitrile.The aromatic products (and isomer distribution) from oxidative aromatic nitration are highly reminiscent of those from electrophilic aromatic nitration.The possibility of common reactive intermediates in these two distinctive pathways for aromatic nitration is discussed.
Photochemical nitration by tetranitromethane. Part XXXIII. Adduct formation in the photochemical reactions of 1,2,4,5- and 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene
Butts, Craig P.,Eberson, Lennart,Fulton, Karen L.,Hartshorn, Michael P.,Robinson, Ward T.,Timmerman-Vaughan, David J.
, p. 991 - 1008 (2007/10/03)
The photolysis of the charge-transfer complex of tetranitromethane and 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene in dichloromethane or acetonitrile gives the epimeric 1,3,4,6-tetramethyl-3-nitro-6-trinitromethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienes 8 and 9, in addition to products of nuclear nitration 12 and side-chain modification 10, 11, and 13-18. Similar reactions of 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene gave trans-1,3,5,6-tetramethyl-6-nitro-3-trinitromethylcyclohexa-1,4-diene 30 and two isomeric 'double' adducts 31 and 32, in addition to products of nuclear nitration 27 and side-chain modification 26, 28 and 29. The eliminative rearrangements of adducts 8 and 30 to give re-aromatized products in acetonitrile or [2H3] acetonitrile and in [2H] chloroform are reported. The photolysis of the charge-transfer complexes of tetranitromethane with either 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene or 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropan-2-ol (HFP) gives a marked increase in the yields of ring-nitration products 12 or 27, respectively, reactions presumed to proceed via a nitrosation-oxidation sequence. Reaction of 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene with excess nitrogen dioxide in HFP also results in extensive ring nitration to give 12 and 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-dinitrobenzene (25); the latter compound is seen as arising via the 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-1,4-dinitrosobenzene (34). Similar reaction of 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzene gives ring-nitration product 27 as the major product. X-Ray crystal structures are reported for 2,4,6-trimethyl-1-(2′,2′,2′-trinitroethyl)benzene (26) and trans-1,3,5,6-tetramethyl-6-nitro-3-trinitromethyl-cyclohexa-1,4-diene (30). Acta Chemica Scandinavica 1996.
