1-Phenyl-2-nitropropene

Yellow crystalline powder

1-phenyl-2-nitropropene is used in the production of pharmaceuticals, for instance, for drug Adderall, a drug used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

(2-Nitropropenyl)benzene is a derivative of styrene (S687790), which exhibits herbicidal and antibacterial properties.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 15, p. 8, 1950 DOI: 10.1021/jo01147a002
Tetrahedron Letters, 26, p. 1193, 1985 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98431-4

trans-β-Methyl-β-nitrostyrene (1-phenyl-2-nitropropene), a nitrostyrene derivative is an α,β-disubstituted nitroalkene. It has been synthesized by reacting benzaldehyde with nitroethane and butylamine. Spectroscopic analysis of 1-phenyl-2-nitropropene has been done using FT-IR, FT-Raman, NMR and UV.