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Upstream product

• 21112-37-8 1,4-dimethoxy-2-tert-butylbenzene 
• 7323-63-9 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene 
• 509-14-8 tetranitromethane 
• 108-24-7 acetic anhydride 
• 88-58-4 2,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,4-benzenediol 
• 150-78-7 1,4-dimethoxybezene 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Photochemical nitration by tetranitromethane. Part XXXV. A possible addition/elimination pathway in the photochemical reaction of 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-dimethoxybenzene and tetranitromethane

The photolysis of the charge transfer complex of 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-dimethoxybenzene (1) and tetranitromethane gives exclusively 4-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxynitrobenzene (2) in both dichloromethane and acetonitrile at room temperature. Photolysis in dichloromethane in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (0.10-1.0 mol dm-3), gives 2,5-di-tert-butyl-1,4-benzoquinone (3) (6-25%), 5-tert-butyl-4-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinone (4) (9-25%) and 5-tert-butyl-4-methoxy-1,2-dihydroxybenzene (5) (13-25%) together with 2 (25-71%). Nitration of 1 with HNO3/acetic anhydride or a solution of nitrogen dioxide in dichloromethane gives 2 as the main product, together with products 3-5. It is suggested that 2 is formed in the photolysis by the decomposition of transient adducts, in which trinitromethyl and NO2 have been added across the aromatic ring. The protonation of trinitromethanide by trifluoroacetic acid eliminates the nucleophile and thus inhibits the formation of adducts, and the products are then formed mainly by coupling of nitrogen dioxide with the radical cation 1?+ or 1. Acta Chemica Scandinavica 1997.

Selective nitration versus oxidative dealkylation of hydroquinone ethers with nitrogen dioxide

Various alkyl-substituted p-dialkoxybenzenes (ArH) react readily with nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in dichloromethane solution via either nitration (ArNO2) or oxidative dealkylation to quinones (Q). Spectral transients indicate that these coupled processes proceed from the dialkoxybenzene radical cation (ArH+) formed as the common reactive intermediate from electron-transfer in the disproportionated precursor [ArH, NO+]NO3-. In fast subsequent steps, ArH+ undergoes homolytic coupling with NO2 (which leads to aromatic nitration) and nucleophilic attack of NO3- (which results in oxidative dealkylation). As such, the competition between nitration and oxidative dealkylation is effectively modulated by solvent polarity and added nitrate.