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Alkyl aryl ketones react smoothly with nitrogen dioxide at low temperatures in the presence of ozone to give ortho- and meta-nitro derivatives as the principal products, the former usually being predominant (ortho : meta= 1.1–3.8 : 1.0). No attack was observed on the alkyl side chains.
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