Nitrogen → 5-Nitro-2-pentanone

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Reaction Steps

In a flame dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and under inert atmosphere (N2), to a solution of methyl vinyl ketone (2.32 mL, 28.53 mmol) in nitromethane (29.6 mL) was added activated KF/Al2O3 (323 mg, prepared by mixing KF and basic Al2O3 in water followed by concentrating and drying) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was then allowed to warm up to rt and stirred at this temperature for 18 h. The mixture was filtered through neutral Al2O3 and washed with CH2Cl2. The filtrated was concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound as a colorless oil.

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