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Letters in Organic Chemistry

Author(s): B. D. Powell, G. L. Powell and P. C. Reeves

DOI: 10.2174/1570178054640859

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Phosphonium Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Nitration Reactions of Arenes

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Abstract

Commercially available tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids are effective as solvents in the mild nitration of various arenes and offer some advantages over the more common N, N-dialkylimidazolium ionic liquids.

Keywords: nitration, arenes, ionic liquids, phosphonium salts