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alkylation of nitrocompounds

Filemon - 17-6-2007 at 16:54

The reactions of alkylation of nitro compounds take place polyalkylation?

CH2-NO2- Na+ + EtI => CH3-CH2-CH2-NO2 + NaI

I believe that not for the reaction mechanism:

CH3-NO2 + NaOH ==> CH2-NO2 - Na+ + H2O

But?

CH2-NO2Na + H2O => CH3-NO2 + NaOH???

CH3-CH2-CH2-NO2 + NaOH ==> CH3-CH2-CH-NO2 - Na+ + H2O

CH3-CH2-CH-NO2 - Na+ CH3I => CH3-CH2-C(CH3)-NO2 + NaI

??????

Nicodem - 17-6-2007 at 21:33

Next time UTFSE by yourself!
http://sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=7175&p...

PS: With that kind and amount of nonsense, this thread looks like an excellent contribution to Detritus anyway.

Filemon - 18-6-2007 at 03:38

Thank you. I had looked for information on the reaction but I didn't find information. Then polyalkylation doesn't take place. I thought that not. But I was not sure.

[Edited on 18-6-2007 by Filemon]