Display options
Share it on

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Sep 25;50(74):10857-60. doi: 10.1039/c4cc01327a.

AgNO2-mediated direct nitration of the quinoxaline tertiary benzylic C-H bond and direct conversion of 2-methyl quinoxalines into related nitriles.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Degui Wu, Jian Zhang, Jianhai Cui, Wei Zhang, Yunkui Liu

Affiliations

  1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China. [email protected].

PMID: 25089911 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01327a

Abstract

A unique method for AgNO2-mediated direct nitration of the quinoxaline tertiary C-H bond and direct conversion of 2-methyl quinoxalines into 2-quinoxaline nitriles under oxidative conditions has been developed. This protocol provides an efficient way to access quinoxaline containing nitroalkanes and nitriles depending on different substrate selection.

Publication Types