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3-Nitrobenzaldehyde → 3-Nitrostyrene

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant3-NitrobenzaldehydeHCID 7449—
ReactantHexaneHCID 8058—
ReactantButyllithiumHCID 178418339—
CatalystMethyltriphenyliphosphonium bromideHCID 74505—
Product3-NitrostyreneHCID 68514—

Reaction Steps

Treatment of 3-nitrobenzaldehyde (20 g) with methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (61.5g) and n-butyllithium in hexane (172 mmol), as described in Example 1a, gave 3-ethenylnitrobenzene (10.3 g), δ (360 MHz, CDCl3), 5.44 and 5.59 (2H, 2d, CH2), 6.75 (1H, dd, CH), 7.49 (1H, t, 5-H), 7.70 (1H, dd, 4-H), 8.09 (1H, dd, 6-H) and 8.24 (1H, d, 2-H).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05270309
Source datasetuspto-grants-1993_12
ORD IDord-55eec336f68f4793a8f9bef4c706144a
Source noteuspto-grants-1993_12