Nitromethane add

The anion of nitromethane adds easily to the carbonyl functions of sugars. This is a useful strategy for extension of the carbon chain.100 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-P-D-glucose (A-acetyl-D-glucosamine) is the carbohydrate unit of glycoproteins that occurs most often. The nitromethy-lation method provides a straightforward route to a series of C-glycosyl compounds with the acetamido functionality (Eq. 3.62).101... 

Dimethylpyrimido[4,5-f]pyridazine-5,7-dione 23 and its derivatives undergo attack at both C-3 and C-4. Under conditions of kinetic control, addition occurs preferentially at the more electron-deficient C, whereas thermodynamic control conditions, or the use of bulkier nucleophiles, favor addition at the less hindered position 3. This duality is illustrated by the addition of Grignard and organolithium reagents to C of 3-chloro analogue 24 (Equation 9), whereas stabilized nucleophiles such as the anion of nitromethane add at C-3 (Scheme 10) <2000CHE975>. Displacement of the 3-chloride occurs also upon treatment of 24 with amines (Equation 10) <2000CHE1213>. 

Nitromethane adds to JV-benzylideneaniline by formation of a carbon-carbon bond to the doubly bonded atom 238... 

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