Cyano and nitro group effect on the rate of methoxydenitration reaction in the pyrrole and benzene ring

F Bazzano, P Mencarelli, F Stegel

Index: Bazzano, Francesca; Mencarelli, Paolo; Stegel, Franco Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 13 p. 2375 - 2377

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Abstract

In both the pyrrole and benzene ring the methoxy denitration reaction is accelerated by a nitro or a cyano group flanking the reaction center. However, because of the different geometry of the rings, in the pyrrole ring a nitro group is more effective than a cyano group, at variance with what is observed in the benzene ring.