Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride

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Molecules 2003, 8(7), 593-598; doi:10.3390/80700593

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Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride

Hussni A. Muathen

Department of Chemistry, Umm Alqura University, P.O.Box 7283, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Received: 1 June 2003; in revised form: 26 June 2003 / Accepted: 27 June 2003 / Published: 15 July 2003

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Abstract: Bismuth subnitrate/thionyl chloride have been found to be an efficient combination of reagents for nitration of a wide range of aromatic compounds in dichloromethane. Phenols, in particular, were easily mononitrated and dinitrated with the reagents by controlling the stoichiometry,

Keywords: Bismuth subnitrate; thionyl chloride; nitration; aromatic compounds; phenols

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Muathen, H.A. Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride. Molecules 2003, 8, 593-598.

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Muathen HA. Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride. Molecules. 2003; 8(7):593-598.

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Muathen, Hussni A. 2003. "Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride." Molecules 8, no. 7: 593-598.

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