Abstract
A novel, facile, aromatic substitution reaction of nitroaromatics is described. When p-dinitrobenzene (1) is treated with trialkylborane in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide, it furnishes p-alkylnitrobenzene (2) in high yield. A tentative mechanism is suggested involving alkyl radicals and radical anions of the nitroaromatic substrate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 944-945 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 Mar 2000 |
Keywords
- Alkylations
- Aromatic substitutions
- Boron
- Synthetic methods