Hitomi Suzuki, T. Hanafusa
Oct 1, 1974
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Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
Abstract
Treatment of pentamethylbenzyl cyanide and bis(cyanomethyl)tetramethylbenzenes with fuming nitric acid in dichloromethane led to the regiospecific nitrooxylation of the methyl group adjacent to the cyanomethyl group, giving the corresponding benzyl nitrates in good yields. On acid hydrolysis, these nitrates were readily converted into 3-isochromanone derivatives.