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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Tetrahedron Lett. 2008 Mar 24;49(13):2136–2138. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.01.118

Table 1.

Results of the nitration of bis quinoline 14. All yields reported are for chromatographically pure material.

entry conditions 16 (%) 17a (%) 17b (%)
1 HNO3, H2SO4, 0 °C 10 31 9
2 KNO3, H2SO4, 0 °C 8 14 5
3 Bu4NNO3, (F3CCO)2O, 0 °C → rt 71 -- --
4 NO2BF4, sulfolane, rt -- -- --
5 fuming HNO3, CH3SO3H, rt -- 22 5
6 fuming HNO3, 0 °C 12 52 --