ORGANIC NITRATES AS SYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATES: PREPARATIONS OF NITRATES AND SOME REPRESENTATIVE REACTIONS

Abstract

It has been shown that the carbon–oxygen bond of nitrate esters is susceptible to cleavage by certain representative nucleophilic reagents, of which sodium iodide, sodium cyanide, and potassium thiocyanate have received particular attention. Allyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 4-fluorobutyl, hexyl, and benzyl nitrate were examined in order to determine the effect if any of functional groups on the ease and efficiency of cleavage.