Para-selective mononitration of alkylbenzenes under mild conditions by use of benzoyl nitrate in the presence of a zeolite catalyst

K Smith, K Fry, M Butters, B Nay

Index: Smith, Keith; Fry, Karl; Butters, Michael; Nay, Barry Tetrahedron Letters, 1989 , vol. 30, # 39 p. 5333 - 5336

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Toluene and other alkylbenzenes are mononitrated in essentially quantitative yield at ambient temperature by benzoyl nitrate in the presence of aluminium/proton exchanged large port mordenite; the reaction is highly para-selective. ... The use of benzoyl nitrate in ...