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Preparation of aromatic nitro ketones and nitro nitriles by the wittig reaction

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m-Nitrobenzaldehyde, p-nitrobenzaldehyde, and o, o, p-trinitrobenzaldehyde were treated with cyanomethyl-enetriphenylphosphine and acetylmethylenetriphenylphosphine to yield the corresponding nitriles of cinnamic acid and benzalacetones, respectively, containing a nitro group in the benzene nucleus.

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  1. N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences, USSR

    S. S. Novikov & G. A. Shvekhgeimer

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Novikov, S.S., Shvekhgeimer, G.A. Preparation of aromatic nitro ketones and nitro nitriles by the wittig reaction. Russ Chem Bull 9, 1914–1915 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00907762

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