Nitric Acid → 4-Nitrotoluene

HRID 345640

Reaction equation

HRID 345640 reaction equation
[N+]([C:4]1[C:5]([N+]([O-])=O)=[C:6]([CH3:10])[CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=1)([O-])=O.[N+:14]([O-:17])(O)=[O:15]>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[N+:14]([C:9]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:6]([CH3:10])=[CH:5][CH:4]=1)([O-:17])=[O:15]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 944Nitric AcidHCID 117612,3-Dinitrotoluene

Product 1

HCID 74734-Nitrotoluene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Procedure

This invention relates to a continuous process for preparing dinitrotoluene by reacting toluene with dilute nitric acid to produce mononitrotoluene and then reacting the mononitrotoluene with concentrated nitric acid to produce dinitrotoluene.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c7c3e57ae8a54879a004a0d1c1b236c1
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_10
Patent number
US05057632

Linked notes

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