title: Nitroalkanes as new, ideal precursors for the synthesis of benzene derivatives.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche dell'Università, Via S. Agostino 1, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy. roberto.ballini@unicam.it
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ballini
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barboni