Tetrahedron letters

A mild oxidation of aromatic amines

KS Webb, V Seneviratne

Index: Webb, Kevin S.; Seneviratne, Viran Tetrahedron Letters, 1995 , vol. 36, # 14 p. 2377 - 2378

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Abstract

Several primary aromatic amines have been converted to the corresponding nitro compounds in good yields. The oxidant was oxone®(potassium peroxymonosulfate) and the reactions were performed in 5 to 20% aqueous acetone and buffered with sodium bicarbonate.