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Published in final edited form as: Chem Rev. 2004 Jul;104(7):3315–3340. doi: 10.1021/cr030450k

Table 1.

Preparations of Substituted Nitrosobenzenes from Ferric Chloride Oxidation of the Corresponding Hydroxylamines

substituent	ref	substituent	ref	substituent	ref	substituent	ref
2-Cl	213	3-Me	213, 214, 221	4-CO₂Me	216	2,3-di-Me	221
2-Br	213	3-Et	213	4-CH=C(CN)₂	216	2,4-di-Me	221
2-I	158, 213	3-CH=CHCO₂Et	214	4-C(Ph)=C(CN)₂	216	2,5-di-Me	213, 221
2-Me	158, 213	4-F	213, 214	4-tert-Bu	166	2,6-di-Me	213, 222^a
2-Et	213	4-Cl	158, 213, 214	2,4-di-Cl	217^a	3,4-di-Me	74, 214, 221
2-Ph	158	4-Br	160, 213, 214	2,5-di-Cl	218^a	3,5-di-Me	213, 214, 222
3-F	214	4-I	158, 213, 214	3,4-di-Cl	219^a	2,4,5-tri-Me	163
3-Cl	213, 214	4-NO₂	216	3,5-di-Cl	220	2,4,6-tri-Me	159, 213, 223
3-Br	213, 214	4-CN	216	2,4,6-tri-Cl	158, 159
3-I	158, 213, 214	4-Me	158, 213–215^a	3,5-di-Cl-4-I	158

Oxidation using acidified dichromate.