Vanadium(V) oxytrinitrate, VO(NO3)3. A powerful reagent for the nitration of aromatic compounds at room temperature under non-acidic conditions
Abstract
Vanadium(V) oxytrinitrate is an easy to handle reagent which can be used to nitrate a range of substituted aromatic compounds in dichloromethane at room temperature, leading to >99% yields of nitration products in most cases.