Journal of the American Chemical Society

Aromatic-Aliphatic Nitro Compounds. I. The Condensation of Nitrobenzaldehydes with Nitromethane1

LF Fieser, WH Daudt

Index: Fieser; Daudt Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1946 , vol. 68, p. 2248

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Abstract

It is well known that the condensation of benzaldehyde with nitromethane can be brought about under the influence of various organic and inorganic bases and that the initially formed a-phenyl-b-nitroethanol (I) is a labile substance that loses water very readily to give w-nitrostyrene (II). 2-g The nitro alcohol, which has been prepared in an impure condition by conducting the condensation at 0'and acidifying the mixture with acetic a~ id,~~~ is very ...