Conversion of nitroalkanes into carboxylic acids via iodide catalysis in water.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY Bath, England, UK.

Published: January 2016

We report a new method for the conversion of nitroalkanes into carboxylic acids that achieves this transformation under very mild conditions. Catalytic amounts of iodide in combination with a simple zinc catalyst are needed to give good conversions into the corresponding carboxylic acids.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5cc08681gDOI Listing

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