%0 Journal Article %T Easy and direct conversion of tosylates and mesylates into nitroalkanes %A Alessandro Palmieri %A Serena Gabrielli %A Roberto Ballini %J Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry %D 2013 %I %R 10.3762/bjoc.9.58 %X Tosylates and mesylates were directly converted into the corresponding nitroalkanes, by their treatment with tetrabutylammonium nitrite (TBAN) under mild conditions. %K mesylates %K nitroalkanes %K nucleophilic substitution %K tetrabutylammonium nitrite %K tosylates %U http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.58