Author(s)

Sariah Sana, Kancharla Rajendar Reddy, Kamatala Chinna Rajanna, Marri Venkateswarlu, Mir Moazzam Ali

Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Solvent – free Mortar-pestle (grinding) and microwave-assisted nitration reactions (MWANR’s) underwent smoothly in the presence of group V and VI metal salts with high regio-selectivity for anilides, moderately- and non-activated aro-matic compounds. The reactions were conducted under solvent-free conditions, which afforded good to excellent yields. The observed reaction times in MW assisted conditions are in the range of only few minutes.

Nitration; Mortar-Pestle; Microwave-Assisted Nitration; Ammonium Molybdate; Potassium Chromate; So-dium Tungstate; Bismuth Nitrate; Sodium Bismuthate

S. Sana, K. Reddy, K. Rajanna, M. Venkateswarlu and M. Ali, "Mortar-Pestle and Microwave Assisted Regioselective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds in Presence of Certain Group V and VI Metal Salts under Solvent Free Conditions," International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 2 No. 3, 2012, pp. 233-247. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2012.23032.