Nitro- and amino-substituted 10,10-dimethyl-10-sila-2-azaanthrones

Under conditions of the Mencke reaction, 10,10-dimethyl-9,10-dihydro-10-sila-2-azaanthracene is nitrated on the benzene fragment of the molecule, but the corresponding ketone is nitrated on the pyridine fragment. Dihydrosilaazaanthrone is nitrated by nitrating mixture in positions 5, 7, and 8 of the benzene fragment of the molecule. The nitro-substituted dihydrosilazaanthrones have been reduced to the corresponding amino derivatives. © 1986 Plenum Publishing Corporation