Meyer Synthesis (Victor Meyer Synthesis)

V. Meyer, O. Stuber, Ber. 5, 203 (1872).

Formation of aliphatic nitrites and nitro derivatives by the reaction of aliphatic halides with metal nitrites:

R. B. Reynolds, H. Adkins, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 51, 279 (1929). Reviews: H. B. Hass, E. F. Riley, Chem. Rev. 32, 373 (1943); N. Kornblum, Org. React. 12, 101-156 (1962). Application to the synthesis of α,ω-dinitroalkanes: J. K. Stille, E. D. Vessel, J. Org. Chem. 25, 478 (1960); G. Leston, Org. Syn. 4, 368 (1963).