... REDUCTIVE DISPLACEMENT OF THE NITRO GROUP INTO HYDROGEN IN PRIMARY a-NITROKETONES Manabu Node, Takeo Kawabata, Masaru Ueda, Mayumi Fu]imoto, Kaoru Fu3i,* and Eiichi Fujita Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, U3i, Kyoto 611, Japan Summary: The nitrogroup in primary a-nitroketones is converted into hydrogen with aluminum chloride and ethanethiol. ... 3. K. Fuji, T. Kawabata, M. Node, and E. Fujita, Tetrahedron ...