
%0 Journal Article
%A Chittenden, AM 
%A Hartshorn, MP 
%A Richards, KE 
%A Robinson, WT 
%A Sutton, KH 
%A Thompson, RS 
%A Vaughan, J 
%T The nitration of 3,4,5-tribromo-2,6-dimethylphenol; X-ray crystal structures of C 2-epimeric 3,4,5-tribromo-6-hydroxy-2,6-dimethyl-2,5-dinitrocyclohex-3-enones ;an unusual isomerization reaction
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1982/11/01
%V 35
%N 11
%P 2229-2236
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9822229
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9822229 
%X Nitration of 3,4,5-tribromo-2,6-dimethylphenol (10) with fuming nitric acid in acetic acid gives the C2-epimeric 2,5-dinitrocyclohex-3-enones (11) and (12), the structures of which were determined by single-crystal X-ray analyses. Some implications of these structural data are discussed. 
