Rhodium (Chief Bee) 04-08-04 18:32 No 499825				A very comprehensive Nef Reaction Review (Rated as: excellent)
						Tetrahedron report number 667 Recent synthetic developments in the nitro to carbonyl conversion (Nef reaction) Roberto Ballini and Marino Petrini Tetrahedron 60(5), 1017-1047 (2004) (../rhodium/pdf /nef.reaction.review.2004.pdf) DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2003.11.016  Abstract New synthetic approaches and applications of the Nef reaction, appeared in the literature since 1990, are reviewed. The Hive - Clandestine Chemists Without Borders
		Rhodium (Chief Bee) 10-21-04 17:49 No 537051				Transformation of Aromatic Nitroalkanes into... (Rated as: good read)
						Transformation of Aromatic Nitroalkanes into Carbonyl Compounds by the Improved Nef Reaction H. Chikashita, Y. Morita, and K. Itoh Synth. Commun. 17(6), 677-683 (1987) (../rhodium /nef.two-phase.html) Abstract An improved two-layer method of the Nef reaction which is effective for the conversion of a variety of aromatic nitroalkanes into carbonyl compounds is described. The yields of phenylacetaldehydes from phenyl-2-nitroethanes cluster around 65% while phenylacetone is isolated in almost 90% yield, as are several related benzyl ketones.. The Hive - Clandestine Chemists Without Borders