Benzaldehyde → 1-Nitro-2-phenylethane

HRID 849145

Reaction equation

HRID 849145 reaction equation
[N+:1](/[CH:4]=[CH:5]/[C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2].C(=O)C1C=CC=CC=1.NC1C=CC=CC=1N>>[N+:1]([CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1)([O-:3])=[O:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 240BenzaldehydeHCID 7243O-PhenylenediamineHCID 5284459beta-nitrostyrene, (E)-

Product 1

HCID 802081-Nitro-2-phenylethaneYield 95%

Procedure

Example 219 A) trans-b-Nitrostyrene (63.0 g, 0.42 mole) was reacted with benzaldehyde (53.4 g, 0.5 mole) and 1,2-diaminobenzene (54.4 g, 0.5 mole) according to the procedure of Chikashita et. al. (Synth. Commun. 1985, 15 (6), 527) to yield (2-nitroethyl)benzene (60.0 g, 95%) as a yellow oil.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-fa6a597758a845449a7c3c11fe37506c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_01
Patent number
US06011028

Linked notes

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