Nitro compound

In organic chemistry, nitro compounds are organic compounds that contain one or more nitro functional groups (−NO₂). The nitro group is one of the most common explosophores (functional group that makes a compound explosive) used globally. The nitro group is also strongly electron-withdrawing. Because of this property, C−H bonds alpha (adjacent) to the nitro group can be acidic. For similar reasons, the presence of nitro groups in aromatic compounds retards electrophilic aromatic substitution but facilitates nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Nitro groups are rarely found in nature. They are almost invariably produced by nitration reactions starting with nitric acid.^[1]

^ Henry Feuer, ed. (1970). Nitro and Nitroso Groups: Part 2, Volume 2. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. Vol. 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771174. ISBN 978-0-470-77117-4.Saul Patai, ed. (1982). Nitro and Nitroso Groups: Supplement F: Part 2, Volume 2. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771679. ISBN 978-0-470-77167-9.Saul Patai, ed. (1982). Amino, Nitroso and Nitro Compounds and Their Derivatives: Supplement F: Part 1, Volume 1. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771662. ISBN 978-0-470-77166-2.

[1] Henry Feuer, ed. (1970). Nitro and Nitroso Groups: Part 2, Volume 2. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. Vol. 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771174. ISBN 978-0-470-77117-4.Saul Patai, ed. (1982). Nitro and Nitroso Groups: Supplement F: Part 2, Volume 2. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771679. ISBN 978-0-470-77167-9.Saul Patai, ed. (1982). Amino, Nitroso and Nitro Compounds and Their Derivatives: Supplement F: Part 1, Volume 1. PATAI'S Chemistry of Functional Groups. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470771662. ISBN 978-0-470-77166-2.

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