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A Novel One Pot Synthesis of o ‐Nitrophenylacetic Acid and Unexpected p ‐Nitrobenzoic Acid by HNO 3 ‐Mediated CH 2 Extrusion Reaction of Phenylacetic Acid
Author(s) -
Sohail Muhammad,
Raza Abdul Rauf
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201180458
Subject(s) - chemistry , phenylacetic acid , extrusion , organic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , metallurgy , materials science
Abstract The HNO 3 ‐mediated CH 2 extrusion reactions of phenylacetic acid lead to one pot synthesis of unexpected commercially important product 4‐nitrobenzoic acid through the formation of 4‐nitrophenylacetic acid and 2‐nitrophenylacetic acid.