R. Alexander, D. Buckle, J. Tedder
1977
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
The cyclisation of 2-(nitroacetyl)benzoic acids (1) gives mixtures of (E)- and (Z)-3-(nitromethylene)phthalides(4), unambiguously identified by n.m.r. spectroscopy. Rearrangement of either isomer with tertiary base provides a novel route to 2-nitroindane-1,3-diones (5).