Issue 1, 1981

Nitration in aqueous nitric acid: the rate profile and the limiting reaction rates

Abstract

Rate coefficients for the nitration of a series of quaternary ammonium ions have been used to establish a rate profile for reaction in 63.7–100% nitric acid at 25 °C and to estimate the concentration of nitronium ions in the aqueous media. The kinetics of nitration of a series of reactive aromatic compounds (mainly phenolic ethers) in aqueous nitric acid have been analysed in terms of a first-order rate coefficient and the zeroth-order rate of formation of the nitronium ion. The first-order rate coefficients approach a limiting value as the reactivity of the aromatic substrate is increased and this value is as expected for the rate-limiting formation of an encounter pair (ArH·NO2+). The lifetime of nitronium ions in 60.4% nitric acid (t½ca. 5 × 10–8 s) has been calculated from the zeroth-order rate at 25 °C and used to show that the formation of the encounter pair (ArH·NO2+) occurs by the diffusion together of the components, not by pre-association. The studies on the more reactive aromatic compounds were carried out in the presence of hydrazine since this was shown to prevent the nitrous-acid catalysed reactions previously observed.

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1981, 94-99

Nitration in aqueous nitric acid: the rate profile and the limiting reaction rates

M. R. Draper and J. H. Ridd, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1981, 94 DOI: 10.1039/P29810000094

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