Acetic Acid → Nitric Acid

HRID 981832Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 981832 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 a mixture of acetic acid and nitric acid in an acetic acid/nitric acid molar ratio of 0.24 reacted at a temperature of 390° C. under a pressure of 6 bar for 9.3 seconds in the presence of 0.3 mole % dichloroethane with respect to the acetic acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6c257086fec64c5da8ad05aaec3a4c93
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_02
Patent number
US04992603

Reaction notes

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