Methylation of aromatic nitro compounds with lead tetraacetate

LF Fieser, RC Clapp, WH Daudt

Index: Fieser; Clapp; Daudt Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1942 , vol. 64, p. 2052,2059

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Citation Number: 50

Abstract

In an initial experiment, 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene was treated in acetic acid solution with lead tetraacetate in the expectation of introducing an acetoxyl group into the reactive methyl substituent. Much to our surprise, the only pure reaction product isolated proved to be trinitro- m-xylene. The reaction appears to constitute a second instance