Polyisopropylbenzenes. II. 1a Nitro and Amino Derivatives1b

A Newton

Index: Newton Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1943 , vol. 65, p. 320

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Abstract

The nitration of an isopropyl substituted aromatic hydrocarbon has been studied extensively only in the case of p-cymene, 2va where it was found that, in addition to the main product, 2- nitrocymene, p-nitrotoluene was formed in about 8% yield. Many other cases have been reported in which an alkyl group in a polymethylben-~ ene,~ l~ J polyethybenzene, polychlorocymene8rg or polychloroctlfnenes~ e is replaced by an entering substituent, ...