1,4-Migration of a nitro-group in the rearomatization of 4,5-dimethyl-2,4-dinitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienyl acetate | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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8347581

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Journal Article

Title

1,4-Migration of a nitro-group in the rearomatization of 4,5-dimethyl-2,4-dinitrocyclohexa-2,5-dienyl acetate

Author(s)

Fischer, A; Iyer, LM

Year

1979

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Journal

Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications
ISSN: 0022-4936

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Page Numbers

1096-1097

Language

English

DOI

10.1039/C39790001096

Abstract

Nitration of 1,2-dimethyl-4-nitrobenzene in a mixture of acetic and trifluoroacetic anhydrides gives the adduct 4,5-dimethyl-2,4-dinitrocyclohexa-2, 5-dienyl acetate which reacts with potassium nitrite and other nucleophiles to give 1,2-dimethyl-4,5-dinitrobenzene.