Kinetics of catalyzed liquid-phase oxidation of p-nitrotoluene by air in basic medium

Authors
Chandalia, SB Mukhopadhyay, S
Citation
Sb. Chandalia et S. Mukhopadhyay, Kinetics of catalyzed liquid-phase oxidation of p-nitrotoluene by air in basic medium, ORG PROC R, 3(2), 1999, pp. 109-113
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
ISSN journal
10836160 → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
109 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
1083-6160(199903/04)3:2<109:KOCLOO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An alternative method for the oxidation of nitrotoluenes is described, usin g air with a cobalt catalyst in basic medium, Different process parameters were studied to realize the true kinetics of the process. At 28 degrees C a nd 16 atm air pressure, 96% selectivity at a conversion level of 40% for p- nitrotoluene was achieved in 18 h using cobalt phthalocyanine. For a given initial concentration of p-nitrotoluene, the reaction was found to be of fi rst-order kinetics.