Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen in Nitropyridines by α‐Chloroalkyl Phenyl Sulfone Carbanions

Abstract
Nitropyridines and chloronitropyridines react with carbanions of α‐chloroalkyl phenyl sulfones yielding products of the vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen at positions ortho and para to the nitro group. A general rule that the vicarious substitution of hydrogen proceeds faster than the nucleophilic substitution of equally activated halogen is observed. The orientation of the hydrogen substitution is discussed.