Nitroalkanes as new, ideal precursors for the synthesis of benzene derivatives.
Nitroalkanes have emerged, in the past few years, as powerful acyclic building blocks to synthesize polyfunctionalized benzene derivatives, avoiding any serious regiochemical ambiguities due to the activating/deactivating and orienting effects of the substituents. Many of these procedures are realized in a one-pot process or a few-step sequence. This feature article describes recent results, mainly from our group, in this field.
Ballini
Roberto
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Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche dell'Università, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy. roberto.ballini@unicam.it
Palmieri
Alessandro
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Barboni
Luciano
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