Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry (Mar 2013)

Easy and direct conversion of tosylates and mesylates into nitroalkanes

  • Alessandro Palmieri,
  • Serena Gabrielli,
  • Roberto Ballini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.58
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 533 – 536

Abstract

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Tosylates and mesylates were directly converted into the corresponding nitroalkanes, by their treatment with tetrabutylammonium nitrite (TBAN) under mild conditions.

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