During nitration of 2,3,4-trimethylneopentylbenzene the neopentyl group isomerises giving the title nitro-olefin as one of the main products; the result strongly suggests the intervention of a carbonium ionic species in the side-chain substitution of arenes.
H. Suzuki, K. Nagae, K. Ohnishi and A. Osuka, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1980, 244 DOI: 10.1039/C39800000244
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