Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Rapid Microwave-Assisted Copper-Catalyzed Nitration of Aromatic Halides with Nitrite Salts

SU Paik, MG Jung

Index: Paik, Seunguk; Jung, Myoung Geun Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2012 , vol. 33, # 2 p. 689 - 691

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Abstract

Nitration of aromatic compounds is one of the important industrial processes as underlying intermediates in the manufacture of a wide range of chemicals such as dyes, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and explosives. 1 General methods for the nitration of aromatic compounds utilize strongly acidic conditions employing nitric acid or a mixture of nitric and sulfuric acids, sometimes leading to problems with poor regioselectivity, ...