Journal of the American Chemical Society

A New Synthesis of 2-Chloro-7-nitrofluorene1

HR Gutmann, FE Ray

Index: Gutmann; Ray Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1951 , vol. 73, p. 4033

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Abstract

A New Synthesis of 2-Chloro-7-nitrofluorenel BY HELMUT R. GUTMANN AND FRANCIS E. RAY The synthesis of 2-chloro-7-nitrofluorene has been reported by C o ~ rtot ~ , ~ and more recently by Schul- man. These investigators chlorinated fluorene in chloroform or carbon tetrachloride at 0-5' without a catalyst for 18 to 30 hours. This was followed by nitration of the crude 2-chlorofluorene in glacial acetic acid. This method of chlorination has yielded, in our hands, mixtures ...