(1) N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Silylation of aliphatic nitro compounds is considered as a versatile multistage process. Due to activation of the - and -carbon atoms of the initial nitro substrates, these reactions give rise to a series of products untypical of the traditional chemistry of nitro compounds. A new redox process proposed in the present study involves controlled incomplete reduction of the nitro group with simultaneous oxidation of the carbon skeleton of the initial aliphatic nitro compound.