von Richter Rearrangement

Aromatic nitro compounds when treated with cyanide ion departs the nitro group resulting carboxylation exclusively at the ortho-position of...

Aromatic nitro compounds when treated with cyanide ion departs the nitro group resulting carboxylation exclusively at the ortho-position of the departing functionality in a reaction called as the von Richter rearrangement.

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