Nitro compds., aliphatic alcohols

USE For prepn of standard NaNOj soln for water analy -sis prepn of aliphatic nitro-compds as reagent for primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols. 

Classification Aliphatic nitro compd. nitroparaffin Empirical C3H7NO2 Formula CH3CH(N02)CH3 Properties Colorless to very It. yel. clear oily liq. mild fruity odor sol. in most aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, ketones, chloroform, ethers, lower carboxylic acids si. sol. in water m.w. 89.09 sp.gr. 0.992 (20/20 C) vapor... 

Ozone dimethyl sulfide-sodium alcohol Oxo from aliphatic nitro compds. 

Lower valent tungsten halides are a new class of deoxygenation agents, e.g. for the conversion of carbonyl or epoxy compounds into olefins . A new reagent, generated in situ from iron pentacarbonyl and a small amount of base in moist solvents, selectively and efficiently hydrogenates the ethylenic portion of a,/ -unsaturated carbonyl compounds, such as ketones or lactones, under mild conditions. Aliphatic tert. amides can be easily reduced to alcohols by alkali metals in hexa-methylphosphoramide and a protic cosolvent such as tert-butanol. Aldehydes can be obtained from acids by catalytic reduction of intermediate carboxylic alkoxyformic anhydrides . Sec. nitro compds. are converted into ketones by the joint action of a nitrite ester and NaNOg under mild, non-acidic conditions . 

Ozoneldimethy I sulfide-sodium/alcohol Oxo from aliphatic nitro compds. s. 29,199 s. a. Org. Synth. 56,36 (1977)... 

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