“…2-Nitro-3,4,5-tribromo 3-Nitro-4-methoxy (39) 2-Nitro-4-amino (59) 3-Nitro-4-acetamino Sodium nitromethane reacted with benzil in ethanol solution to give ethyl benzoate and sodium /3-nitro-a-phenethyl alcohol (64,90). The latter compound yielded /3-nitrostyrene on treatment with acid.…”