Synthesis 1994; 1994(8): 841-845
DOI: 10.1055/s-1994-25586
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Ozone-Mediated Reaction of Polychlorobenzenes and Some Related Halogeno Compounds with Nitrogen Dioxide: A Novel Non-Acid Methodology for the Selective Mononitration of Moderately Deactivated Aromatic Systems

Hitomi Suzuki* , Tadashi Mori, Koichi Maeda
  • *Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-01, Japan
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17 September 2002 (online)

In the presence of ozone and preferably methanesulfonic acid as catalyst, polychlorobenzenes undergo selective mononitration with nitrogen dioxide at low temperatures, giving the corresponding polychloronitrobenzenes, in most cases in nearly quantitative yields.

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