Frontiers in Chemistry (Feb 2020)

Electrophilically Activated Nitroalkanes in Reactions With Carbon Based Nucleophiles

  • Nicolai A. Aksenov,
  • Alexander V. Aksenov,
  • Sergei N. Ovcharov,
  • Dmitrii A. Aksenov,
  • Michael Rubin,
  • Michael Rubin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00077
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Unusual reactivity of nitroalkanes, involving formation of aci-forms (nitronic acids or nitronates) and their subsequent interaction with carbon-based nucleophiles, is surveyed in this review.

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