Rearrangement of N-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles into 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles
Abstract
Syntheses of the N-nitro-1,2,4-triazoles (1) and (2) and their thermal isomerization into the 3-nitroderivatives (3) and (4) is described; this thermal rearrangement of N-nitro-azoles to their corresponding C-nitro-compounds is suggested to be an example of a [1,5] sigmatropic shift of the NO2 group.