Nitric Acid → 4,4-Dimethyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one

Reaction equation

OS(O)(=O)=O.[CH3:6][C:7]1([CH3:18])[C:16]2[C:11](=[CH:12][CH:13]=[CH:14][CH:15]=2)[C:10](=[O:17])[CH2:9][CH2:8]1.[N+:19]([O-])([OH:21])=[O:20]>>[CH3:6][C:7]1([CH3:18])[C:16]2[C:11](=[CH:12][C:13]([N+:19]([O-:21])=[O:20])=[CH:14][CH:15]=2)[C:10](=[O:17])[CH2:9][CH2:8]1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 944Nitric Acid

HCID 1118Sulfuric Acid2×

HCID 2365474,4-Dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one

Product 1

HCID 134632924,4-Dimethyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one

Procedure

To 1.7 mL (3.0g, 30.6 mmol, 18M) H2SO4 at 5° C. (ice-NaCl bath) was slowly added 783.0 mg (4.49 mmol) of 3,4-dihydro-4,4-dimethyl-naphthalen-1(2H)-one. A solution of HNO3 (426.7 mg 6.88 mmol, 0.43 mL, 16M), and 1.31 g (0.013 mol, 0.74 mL, 18M) Of H2SO4 were slowly added. After 20 min, ice was added and the resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The combined extracts were concentrated under reduced pressure to give a yellow oil from which the title compound, a pale yellow solid, was isolated by column chromatography (10% EtOAC/hexanes).