Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for making compounds having the structural formulae (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein: X is a) phenyl; lower phenylalkoxy; phenoxy; or benzyl; or b) one substituent from group a) and one or more substituents selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; hydroxyl; halogen; lower alkyl; and lower alkylthio; or c) along with the phenyl to which it is attached, forms a multiple fused ring heterocycle such as dibenzofuranyl; Y is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkanoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkanoyl dialkoxyphosphoryl, alkylaminocarbonyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy carbonyl; and R is H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 cycloalkoxy, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, arylalkoxy, alkenyl, alkylthio, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, haloalkoxy, aryloxy, or C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: Certain 2-quinoxalinol-4-oxides are selectively reduced to form 2-quinoxalinols employing hydrogen as a reducing agent by reacting such 2-quinoxalinol-4-oxides with a catalyst selected from the group consisting of sulfided platinum, sulfided palladium, sulfided rhodium and sulfided ruthenium.

Abstract: A process for mon-nitrating a plynuclear aromatic compound essentially in the absence of sulfuric acid and a solvent comprising adding nitric acid to a liquid aromatic compound wherein the molar ratio of nitric acid to the aromatic compound in from 0.75/1 ot 2/1 and the reaction temperature is from 50.degree. to 100.degree. C.