Nitroethane via Et3N or what???

[lutesium]

Hi

For almost A YEAR swim is looking for an attractive way to make nitroethane that will rush you to the lab immediately to experiment. But he has no luck He has an idea. He wants to get to the holy molecule through triethylamine.

Is it possible to ozidatively cleveage that Et3N to EtNO2 via a strong oxidizer?


And once he read somewhere on this site that EtNO2 can be made via HEtSO4 + NaNO2 not via the good (!) 'ol dry way (OHHH I CAND BEAR IT!!) -by mixing etOH+H2SO4 then distillin w/a NaNO2 sol. and NE distills over w/ steam- but cannnot find that post : (

 or is there another way (that you think best) to the sacred little nitro.

Thanx

[lutesium]

I know that I'm replyn my own thread but something is bugggin' my mind.

Can you use prydine+EtI in acetonitrile as a two phase rxn with nano2 dissolved in H2o and a PTC added? The explanation is to form a quatirnatery ion with prydine and MeI and form a better nucleophile for NO2 which is transferred by the ptc.

Are these logical?