
%0 Journal Article
%A Bell, KH 
%T Nitration of 2-phenylcyclohexanone
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1978/11/01
%V 31
%N 11
%P 2567-2569
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9782567
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9782567 
%X Nitration of 2-phenylcyclohexanone (1a) with mixed acid results in oxidative cleavage to a mixture of nitrobenzoic acids but use of copper(II) nitrate in acetic anhydride yields 2-(4'-nitrophenyl)cyclo-hexanone (1b) and smaller amounts of 6-(4'-nitrophenyl)-6-oxohexanoic acid (2). 
