thehexlibrary
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Understanding Toluene Nitration
Hi guys! I'm trying to nitrate Toluene to mono-Nitrotoluene for synthesis of Toluidine.
C7H8 + HNO3 + H2SO4 -> nitrotoluene
How do I figure out how much nitric acid/sulfuic acid to make this a proper mixed acid solution for... say 100g of toluene?
Thanks for the help! Just trying to get a better grip on my stoich! Cheers!
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Deathunter88
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Hey glad to hear you're interested in learning more about stoich, but some reactions are simply more nuanced than A + B -> C + D. Nitrations happen
to be one of them, and especially if you want to be selective to produce mono-nitrotoluene then reaction conditions, such as proportions or
temperatures, are really important. Therefore, I recommend you looking up a dedicated well-established procedure for this is a must. Additionally, you
need to watch out for runaway reaction, so do not scale up any preparations you see online without adequate knowledge.
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XeonTheMGPony
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there are several massive threads dedicated to this topic.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=29111
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=7150
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=16313
Research TnT production, as the three stage method all starts at Mono Nitro Toluene.
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