 Nitroethylene (source code)

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= Nitroethylene
{title2=$\mathrm{CH_2{=}CHNO_2}$}

$\mathrm{CH_2{=}CHNO_2}$, an electron-poor <alkene> that can serve as a dienophile. Conversion of a resulting secondary nitro group to a <ketone> can connect a Diels–Alder reaction to a <Nef reaction>.

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