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Bisulfate used instead of Sulfuric Acid for nitrations

rabidmonkey - 15-2-2011 at 14:18

I don't have access to H2SO4 in my area, I do, however, have access to a lot of Sodium Bisulfate, which i know is used as a H2SO4 substitute at times. For nitrations, would it work if I replaced H2SO4 with bisulfate?

Picric-A - 15-2-2011 at 14:53

In short, No.

If you want to find out why do some research into the two jobs conc H2SO4 does in a nitration reaction.

rabidmonkey - 15-2-2011 at 15:05

Ah darn, well thank you for your help.