
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Barker, SD 
A1  - Norris, RK 
A1  - Randles, D 
T1  - The nitration of pivalophenone
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 9
SP  - 1875
EP  - 1878
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9811875 
N2  - The nitration of pivalophenone (2,2-dimethyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one), which is the first reported electrophilic substitution on that substrate, gives o-, m- and p-nitropivalophenones in the percentage ratio 30:44:26. This anomalous product distribution, which differs significantly from that found for benzene rings bearing other dipolar deactivating substituents such as acetyl groups, is attributed to a sterically induced non-coplanarity of the carbonyl group, in the pivaloyl moiety, with the benzene ring. 
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