75735-44-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Electrophilic tetraalkylammonium nitrate nitration. II. Improved anhydrous aromatic and heteroaromatic mononitration with tetramethylammonium nitrate and triflic anhydride, including selected microwave examples
Shackelford, Scott A.,Anderson, Mark B.,Christie, Lance C.,Goetzen, Thomas,Guzman, Mark C.,Hananel, Martha A.,Kornreich, Wayne D.,Li, Haitao,Pathak, Ved P.,Rabinovich, Alex K.,Rajapakse, Ranjan J.,Truesdale, Larry K.,Tsank, Stella M.,Vazir, Haresh N.
, p. 267 - 275 (2007/10/03)
A new one-pot nitration employing tetramethylammonium nitrate and trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride in dichloromethane to provide a ready source of the nitronium triflate nitrating agent is presented. Rapid and selective nitration with a variety of aromatic and heteroaromatic substrates is achieved resulting in the synthesis of several novel organic compounds. A distinct advantage is the removal of undesired byproducts by aqueous workup. This very mild nitration permits large-scale syntheses and gives high isolated product yields that often require no further purification. This tetramethylammonium nitrate-based nitration also has been applied to microwave-assisted conditions, and the results with several compounds are outlined.
Factors controlling the Selectivity of ipso-Attack in Homolytic Aromatic Substitutions. Reactions of Alkyl Radicals with Nitrothiophen Derivatives
Cogolli, Pietro,Maiolo, Filippo,Testaferri, Lorenzo,Tiecco, Marcello,Tingoli, Marco
, p. 1331 - 1335 (2007/10/02)
The reactions of the nearly electroneutral methyl and of the nucleophilic 1-adamantyl radical with some selected nitrothiophen derivatives have been investigated in order to elucidate the factors which control the positional selectivity of radical addition to an aromatic substrate.With 5-nitro-2-X-thiophens (II), (V), and (VI) and 3,5-dinitro-2-methoxycarbonylthiophen (III) the adamantyl radical gave exclusively the products of ipso-attack, whereas the methyl radical selectively added at the unsubstituted 4-position.On the other hand, with 4-nitro-2-methoxycarbonylthiophen (I) both radicals added at the 5-position and with 4,5-dinitro-2-methoxycarbonylthiophen (IV) both radicals gave the products of ipso-substitution by displacing the nitro-group from the 5-position.These changes in positional selectivity are explained by assuming that the nature of the transition state of the addition step changes as a function of the polar character of the radical and of the electron deficiency of the aromatic substrates.
