Regiospecificity in nucleophilic displacement of aromatic nitro-groups

F Benedetti, DR Marshall, CJM Stiriling

Index: Benedetti, Fabio; Marshall, Donald R.; Stirling, Charles J. M.; Leng, John L. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1982 , # 16 p. 918 - 919

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Abstract

Displacement of nitro-groups by thiolate ions from aromatic polynitro-compounds is highly selective for nitro- groups adjacent to alkyl groups except when the thiolate ion is bulky, the alkyl group is bulky, or both. ... Displacement of nitro-groups from aromatic nuclei by nucleophiles is a familiar reaction1 and such reactions with thiolate ions have recently been reported.2 We now report on the regiospecificity of this reaction, the results of which have considerable potential for ...