Experimental Section? 2-nitroanisaldehyde5 (10 g) and nitroethane (7 ml) by the method of Beer, et al. The product crystallized from ethanol as long yellow needles (5.5 g, 38.3%), mp 109-110'. anisole (5 g, 0.02 mole) in glacial AcOH (125 ml) and EtOH (125 ml) was added 5% Pd/C (1 g), and the mixt was hydrogenated at atm pressure and room temp until 6 mole equiv of H, was absorbed. The catalyst was liltered, and the filtrate neutralized with ...
