Nitric Acid → 4-Nitrotoluene

HRID 2372571Notes

Reaction equation

[N+:1]([O-:4])(O)=[O:2].O.[C:6]1([CH3:12])[CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8][CH:7]=1>>[N+:1]([C:9]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][C:6]([CH3:12])=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)([O-:4])=[O:2]

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 944Nitric Acid2×

HCID 962Water

HCID 1140Toluene2×

Product 1

HCID 74734-Nitrotoluene

Procedure

reacting toluene with nitric acid having an acid concentration of between about 60 and about 75% by weight based upon the total amount of acid plus water, at a reaction temperature of between about 60° C. and about 75° C., and employing between about 3 and about 5 moles of nitric acid per mole of toluene to produce mononitrotoluene;

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-6102b4087614464c8434454eb0f3511e
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1992_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05099079

Reaction notes

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