Acetic Acid → Nitric Acid

HRID 981831Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 981831 reaction equation
[N+:1](C)([O-:3])=[O:2].[C:5]([OH:8])(=[O:7])[CH3:6]>>[N+:1]([O-:3])([OH:7])=[O:2].[C:5]([OH:8])(=[O:7])[CH3:6].[N+:1]([O-:3])([OH:7])=[O:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 176Acetic AcidHCID 6375Nitromethane

Product 2

HCID 944Nitric AcidHCID 86584207Acetic acid nitric acid

Procedure

Nitromethane was formed from acetic acid and nitric acid in an acetic acid/nitric acid molar ratio of 1.2. The reaction was conducted at 410° C. under a pressure of 6 bar for 10.5 seconds.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-08bf9c8654cf4ed79eef02f9cd03ab0e
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_02
Patent number
US04992603

Reaction notes

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