Electrogenerated base (EG base) induced hydroxymethylation of the side chain of nitroalkylbenzenes with paraformaldehyde

S Torii, Y Murakami, H Tanaka…

Index: Journal of Organic Chemistry, , vol. 51, # 16 p. 3143 - 3147

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... Hydroxymethylation of 1 with Paraformaldehyde, Transformation of readily available 2-nitrotoluene (1) into useful indole derivatives has been a current subject in an industrial chemistry sense.lo ... (c) Baizer, MM Organic Electrochemistry, 2nd ... (IO) (a) Bakke, J. Acta Chem. Scand. ...