Nitro Group in Organic Synthesis

NOBORU ONO is Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.

• Series Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Introduction. Preparation of Nitro Compounds. The Nitro-Aldol (Henry) Reaction. Michael Addition. Alkylation, Acylation, Halogenation of Nitro Compounds. Conversion of Nitro Compounds into Other Compounds. Substitution and Elimination of NO_2 in R-NO_2._ Cycloaddition Chemistry of Nitro Compounds. Nucleophilic Aromatic Displacement. Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds. Index.

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