Nitric Acid → 4-Nitrotoluene

HRID 617623Notes

Reaction equation

[N+:1]([O-:4])(O)=[O:2].[C:5]1([CH3:11])[CH:10]=[CH:9][CH:8]=[CH:7][CH:6]=1>>[N+:1]([C:8]1[CH:9]=[CH:10][C:5]([CH3:11])=[CH:6][CH:7]=1)([O-:4])=[O:2]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 944Nitric Acid

HCID 1140Toluene

Product 1

HCID 74734-Nitrotoluene

Procedure

reacting toluene with nitric acid in a single liquid phase reaction in a first reaction zone at an elevated temperature to provide a single phase mononitrotoluene-containing product mixture, using a reaction mixture that is free of sulfuric acid and that comprises a molar ratio of said nitric acid to said toluene of from 20:1 to 30:1, said reaction being conducted using a combination of fresh and recycled aqueous nitric acid, said combination having a nitric acid concentration not exceeding 75% based upon the weight of nitric acid plus water in said dilute aqueous nitric acid,

Workup

customin a single liquid phase reaction in a first reaction zone at an elevated temperature

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-ee8abc1906ef4c51bd8d44eae9e7f840
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1999_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05948944

Reaction notes

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