and ethyl nitrate; or a Meyer-type reaction with a halocarboxylic acid. For example, nitromethane can be produced in the laboratory by treating sodium chloroacetate with sodium nitrite. (In general, alkali nitrites are unsuitable for Meyer reactions, as they give an equilibrium of mostly nitrite esters; but decarboxylation drives the initial equilibrium to the nitro product.)

ter Meer reaction

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