Substitution reactions which proceed via radical anion intermediates. Part 27. A new reaction of. alpha.-nitro nitriles: conversion to. beta.-nitro nitriles

N Kornblum, HK Singh, SD Boyd

Index: Kornblum, Nathan; Singh, Haribansh K.; Boyd, Steven D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 2 p. 358 - 362

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Abstract

The studies herein reported leave no room for doubting that the transformation of eq 1 is but one example of a general reaction in which the nitro group of an a-nitro nitrile is displaced by a nitroparaffin anion at room temperature with the formation of a p-nitro nitrile. The yields of pure products are excellent; our results are summarized in Table L4