A very comprehensive Nef Reaction Review

[Rhodium]

_{Tetrahedron report number 667}
Recent synthetic developments in the nitro to carbonyl conversion (Nef reaction)
Roberto Ballini and Marino Petrini

Tetrahedron 60(5), 1017-1047 (2004)

(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/pdf/nef.reaction.review.2004.pdf)
DOI:

10.1016/j.tet.2003.11.016

 

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Abstract
New synthetic approaches and applications of the Nef reaction, appeared in the literature since 1990, are reviewed.

[Rhodium]

Transformation of Aromatic Nitroalkanes into Carbonyl Compounds by the Improved Nef Reaction
H. Chikashita, Y. Morita, and K. Itoh

Synth. Commun. 17(6), 677-683 (1987)

(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/chemistry/nef.two-phase.html)

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Abstract
An improved two-layer method of the Nef reaction which is effective for the conversion of a variety of aromatic nitroalkanes into carbonyl compounds is described.
The yields of phenylacetaldehydes from phenyl-2-nitroethanes cluster around 65% while phenylacetone is isolated in almost 90% yield, as are several related benzyl ketones..