The application of nitrogen oxides in industrial preparations of nitro compounds

Modified mesoporous Y zeolite catalyzed nitration of azobenzene using NO2 as the nitro source combined with density functional theory studies

A modified mesoporous Y zeolite (Fe–Y) is developed for high ortho regioselective nitration of azobenzene under a NO2–O2 system.

Practical catalytic nitration directly with commercial nitric acid for the preparation of aliphatic nitroesters

To pursue a sustainable and efficient approach for aliphatic nitroester preparation from alcohol, europium-triflate-catalyzed nitration, which directly uses commercial nitric acid, has been successfully developed. Gram scalability with operational ease showed its practicability.