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Abdollah Bashir-Hashemi

Sury Iyer

Sreenivasa R Eturi

An efficient direct functionalization of nitrocubanes has been achieved by irradiation of a solution in an oxalyl halide to yield halogenated and halocarbonylated derivatives of nitrocubanes.

Nitrocubanes

A process for selective, direct oxidation of amine or amine hydrochloride mpounds is described. It uses mixed oxidizing agents of monopersulfate and ozone.

Preparations of organic nitro compounds through mixed oxidizing agents

The present invention is directed to the synthesis of useful products from the explosive trinitrotoluene. This substance has a limited shelf life as a reliable explosive and large quantities of it have and will become surplus. Ecologically safe, and preferably commercially useful ways of disposing of it are therefore much to be desired. In the present invention the end products are nitroindoles of the general formula 4-Z.sup.1,6-Z.sup.2 indole wherein Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are the same or different and are halo or nitro provided at least one of said groups is nitro.

Conversion of trinitrotoluene into high value compounds

The disclosure describes photochemical synthesis of halogenated polycarboxycubanes from simple carboxycubanes and an oxalyl halide. It is possible to synthesize 6-Chloro-1,2,4,7-tetracarbomethoxycubane and 2-Chloro-1,3,5,7-tetracarbomethoxycubane. Photochemical synthesis of halogenated polycarboxycubanes from carboxy cubane and an oxalyl halide is reported.

Halogenated polycarboxycubanes

An efficient direct functionalization of nitrocubanes has been achieved by rradiation of a solution in an oxalyl halide to yield halogenated and halocarbonylated derivatives of nitrocubanes.

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