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Photochemical nitration by tetranitromethane. Part XXXVII. Adduct formation and the regiochemistry of attack of trinitromethanide ion on radical cations in the photochemical reactions of 2-methyl-, 2,3-dimethyl- and 2,4-Dimethylanisoles
Butts, Craig P.,Eberson, Lennart,Hartshorn, Michael P.,Robinson, Ward T.,Timmerman-Vaughan, David J.
, p. 73 - 87 (2007/10/03)
The photolysis of the charge transfer (CT) complex of tetranitromethane and 2-methylanisole 2 in dichloromethane at 20 °C gives the epimeric 1-methoxy-6-methyl-6-nitro-3-trinitromethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienes 8 and 9 in addition to 2-methyl-4-trinitromethylanisole (3) and 2-methyl-4-nitroanisole (4). In acetonitrile the yields of compound 4 and adducts 8 and 9 are significantly higher. Similar reaction of 2,3-dimethylanisole (6) in dichloromethane gave nitro-trinitromethyl adducts 10 and 11, hydroxy-trinitromethyl adducts 12 and 13, 2,3-dimethyl-5-trinitromethylanisole (14), 4-methoxy-2,3-dimethylbenzonitrile N-oxide (15), 2,3-dimethyl-4-trinitromethylanisole (16), 2,3-dimethyl-4-nitroanisole (17), 2,3-dimethyl-4,6-dinitrophenol (18), 3-methoxy-4,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid (19) and the hydroxy dinitro compound (20). The photolysis of the CT complex of 2,4-dimethylanisole (7) with tetranitromethane in dichloromethane gave the epimeric 1-methoxy-4,6-dimethyl-6-nitro-3-trinitromethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienes 21 and 22, together with 4,6-dimethyl-3-trinitromethylanisole (23), 4,6-dimethyl-2-nitrophenol (24), 4,6-dimethyl-2-trinitromethylanisole (25), 4,6-dimethyl-3-nitroanisole (26), 4,6-dimethyl-2-nitroanisole (27) and 4,6-dimethyl-4-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienone (28). The modes of formation of the above products are discussed, including the effects of the reaction solvent on those processes. The X-ray crystal structure of 1-methoxy-2-methyl-c-6-nitro-r-3-trinitromethylcyclohexa-1,4-diene (9) is reported. Acta Chemica Scandinavica 1997.
FORMATION OF DIENONES ON THE REACTION OF CRESOLS, XYLENOLS, AND 2-NAPHTHOL WITH NITROGEN DIOXIDE: OBSERVATION OF KETO TAUTOMERS OF NITROPHENOLS
Fischer, Alfred,Mathivanan, N.
, p. 1869 - 1872 (2007/10/02)
Reaction of o- and p-cresol, the xylenols, and 2-naphthol with nitrogen dioxide gives nitrocyclohexadienones and nitrophenols.Secondary nitrodienones, the keto tautomers of the nitrophenols, have been observed in several cases and are intermediates in the formation of the nitrophenols.
ipso Nitration. XXIV. Nitration of 2-methylphenols. Formation and rearrangement of 6-methyl-6-nitrocyclohexa-2,4-dienones
Cross, Gordon G.,Fischer, Alfred,Henderson, George N.,Smyth, Trevor A.
, p. 1446 - 1451 (2007/10/02)
Nitration of o-cresol and some mono-, di-, and trimethyl derivatives in acetic anhydride at -60 deg C gives 6-methyl-6-nitrocyclohexa-2,4-dienones.The dienones are more labile than the isomeric 4-methyl-4-nitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienones and, if the 2-position of the dienone is not blocked, undergo regiospecific rearrangement to 6-nitro-o-cresols. 2,3,6-Trimethyl- and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenol also give a 2,5-dienone with nitro attached to a secondary carbon.
