4- Nitro-5-imidazolecarboxylic acid

Imidazole-5-carboxamide, l-methyl-4-nitro-mass spectra, 5, 359 Imidazole-4-carboxanilide, 1-methyl-synthesis, 5, 435 Imidazolecarboxylic acid, vinyl-polymers, 1, 281 Imidazole-2-carboxylic acid chlorination, 5, 398 mass spectra, 5, 360 synthesis, 5, 474... 

In some cases the nitration is accompanied by oxidation of the side groups [122, 123], Thus, for example, depending on the conditions, 4(5)-hydroxym-ethylimidazole is converted by the action of the sulfuric-nitric acid mixture into the corresponding aldehyde [124-126], into 4(5)-imidazolecarboxylic acid [124, 125], or into 4(5)-nitro-5(4)-imidazolecarboxylic acid [122, 123] (Scheme 11). 

The oxidation of the hydroxymethyl group probably takes place more readily than nitration of the ring [124-127], However, the entry of a nitro group into the imidazole ring without oxidation of the hydroxymethyl group has been reported [107, 110]. Imidazolecarboxylic acids are not nitrated, and their nitro derivatives are therefore obtained by different methods. Nevertheless, the 4- and 5-mononitro-substituted compounds were isolated with the 4,5-dinitro derivative as impurity during the nitration of ethyl l-methylimidazole-2-carboxylate with a mixture of 100% nitric and sulfuric acids at 95°C [128],... 

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