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Methods for the preparation of 2-nitrobenzofurans

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The review summarizes the existing methods for the synthesis of 2-nitrobenzofurans and their polycondensed derivatives, which present valuable substrates for effecting dearomatization of the furan ring. Electrophilic nitration of 2-unsubstituted benzofurans, ipso substitution, condensation of salicylic aldehydes with bromonitromethane, and oxidation of 2-(2-nitroethyl)phenols have received the most attention.

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2023, 59(4/5), 183–192

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Osipov, D.V., Rashchepkina, D.A., Krasnikov, P.E. et al. Methods for the preparation of 2-nitrobenzofurans. Chem Heterocycl Comp 59, 183–192 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-023-03181-3

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