group were prepared by reaction of a methyl-or phenylmethyl-substituted heterocycle,
respectively, with lithium di-isopropylamide followed by quenching the intermediate
carbanion with methyl nitrate. Conversion of CH2NO2 attached to an alkyl or aryl moiety into
a dichloronitromethyl (CCl2NO2) group was achieved using N-chlorosuccinimide and 1, 8-
diazabicyclo [5.4. 0] undec-7-ene (DBU) in dichloromethane. Similarly, CH2NO2 attached to …