... JavaScript is disabled on your browser. Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 43, Issue 30, 22 July 2002, Pages 5233–5235. Cover image Cover image. ... June 2002. Abstract. Secondary nitrocompounds can be converted into the corresponding ketones under basic conditions using DBU in acetonitrile. Primary nitroalkanes are unaffected by these conditions. ... R Ballini; Synthesis (1988), pp. 833–847. (c) R Ballini ...