The efficacy of ‘Claycop’ in the dinitration of toluene

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N. Llewellyn Lancaster, Roy B. Moodie and John P. B. Sandall


Abstract

Claycop and acetic anhydride in tetrachloromethane are modestly catalytic and regioselective in the mononitration of toluene, but are neither catalytic nor regioselective in the nitration of 2-nitrotoluene.


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