Nitronate
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A nitronate (IUPAC: azinate) in organic chemistry is an anion with the general structure R1R2C=N+(−O−)2, containing the =N+(−O−)2 functional group,[1][2] where R can be hydrogen, halogen, organyl group or other groups. It is the anion of nitronic acid R1R2C=N+(−O−)−OH (sometimes also called an aci-nitro compound,[3] or an azinic acid[4]), a tautomeric form of a nitro compound. Just as aldehydes and ketones can exist in equilibrium with their enol tautomer, nitro compounds exist in equilibrium with their nitronate tautomer under basic conditions. In practice they are formed by the deprotonation of the
Nitronates are formed as intermediates in the Henry reaction, Hass–Bender oxidation and Nef reaction, the latter of which also demonstrates the instability of the nitronic acid form. The nitronate has two different resonance structures, one with a negative charge on the
References
[edit]- ^ Breuer, Eli; Aurich, Hans Günter; Nielsen, Arnold. Nitrones, nitronates, and nitroxides. Wiley. ISBN 9780470772195. doi:10.1002/9780470772195
- ^ F. A. Carey, R. J. Sundberg (2004). Organische Chemie. Wiley-VCH Verlag. ISBN 3-527-29217-9.
- ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "aci-nitro compounds". doi:10.1351/goldbook.A00085
- ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "azinic acids". doi:10.1351/goldbook.A00558