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Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen in Nitroarenes with α-Substituted Nitriles and Esters. Direct α-Cyanoalkylation and α-Carbalkoxyalkylation of Nitroarenes
Makosza, Mieczyslaw,Winiarski, Jerzy
, p. 1494 - 1499 (2007/10/02)
Carbanions generated from alkanenitriles bearing α-chloro, α-OR, or α-SR groups and from aliphatic esters bearing α-SR groups react with mononitroarenes to replace hydrogen atoms of the nitroaromatic ring ortho or para to the nitro group with α-cyanoalkyl or α-carbalkoxyalkyl substituents.The nucleophilic replacement of hydrogen with such carbanions proceeds faster than substitution of halogen ortho or para to the nitro group.
