Jm. Bakke et al., THE CYCLIZATION OF A NITRAMINE, FORMATION OF 3-NITROPYRIDINE FROM 5-NITRAMINOPENTA-2,4-DIENAL, Tetrahedron letters, 39(8), 1998, pp. 911-912
On reaction of the sodium salt of 5-nitraminopenta-2,4-dienal (2) with
sodium bisulfite at pH 4, 3-nitropyridine (10) was formed. Two reacti
on paths appeared possible for this reaction. From a LH NMR study of t
he reaction a route by the N-nitropyridinium ion 1 (Route A, Scheme 1)
appeared likely. The results from the reaction of 1 under the same co
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