The nitration of substituted ethylbenzenes and substituted biphenyls

Abstract

Nitration occurs ipso to the ethyl group for p-ethyltoluene, p- diethylbenzene and ethylmesitylene. No evidence was found for ipso- nitration for 2,4,6-trimethyl-, 4-methoxy-, 4-bromo- and 2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexamethoxy-biphenyls.