9-Methyl-9-nitro-10-nitromethylene-9, 10-dihydroanthracene. The First Isolation of a Proposed Intermediate for the Side-chain Nitration of Arenes under Heterolytic …
Reaction of 9-methy 1-10-nitromethylanthracene with nitric acid in dichloromethane at low temperatures followed by treatment with DABCO gave 9, 10-bis (nitromethy1 (anthracene and the title compound. The latter is converted by further action of nitric acid to 9-methy1-10- trinitromethylanthracene, 10-methyl-9-anthrylnitrile oxide, and other oxidation products.
