Nitrocyclopentane

Chemical properties

Clear pale yellow liquid

Preparation

Bromocyclopentane (22.0 g, 0.15 mol) was added to a soln of NaNO2 (18 g, 0.26 mol) in dry DMSO (100 mL) at 15 ℃ and the mixture was stirred at this temperature for 3 h. The mixture was poured into ice water (250 mL) and extracted with petroleum ether (bp 35-37 ℃; 4 × 50 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with H2O (4× 50 mL), dried (MgSO4), and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was distilled to give Nitrocyclopentane; yield: 9.9 g (58%); bp 62 ℃/8 Torr; nD/20 1.4538.

Synthesis of Nitrocyclopentane

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 21, p. 1117, 1980 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)83928-9

General Description

Nitrocyclopentane, a secondary nitroalkane, was examined for its ability to induce DNA repair in rat hepatocytes. The nitronate of nitrocyclopentane was mutagenic in Salmonella strains TA100 and TA102.