Abstract The reactions of the α-alkyl p-nitrobenzyl chlorides, p-NO 2 C 6 H 4 CH (CI) R (R= Me, Pr 1, Bu t), with nucleophiles, eg, nitrite, nitroethanide, benzenethiolate and p- toluenesulfinate ions and the anion derived from diethyl 2-methylmalonate, in dimethyl sulfoxide have been studied. When R= Bu t, S RN l reactions take place and give, in the reaction with p-toluenesulfinate and the anion from diethyl 2-methylmalonate, extremely ...
[Xu, Qing-Long; Gao, Hongyin; Yousufuddin, Muhammed; Ess, Daniel H.; Kuerti, Laszlo Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013 , vol. 135, # 38 p. 14048 - 14051]