Nitration of nitrotoluene employing ionic liquids

  • Kumasaki Mieko
    Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501,
  • Ono Hiroaki
    Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501
  • Shiratori Tatsuya
    Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501
  • Usuki Kyoshiro
    Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501
  • Nishi Kazuhiko
    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba 275-0016

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Ionic liquids (ILs) can function as “green” solvents owing to their stability and low vapor pressure. These features help prevent the ignition of a reaction and therefore ensures its safety. In this study, the application of ILs in the synthesis of energetic materials was examined; this was accomplished using nitration reactions in an IL, i.e. 1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate [BMIM][OTf] to determine its effect on runaway reactions. In this study, the nitration process generated o-, m-, and p-nitrotoluene (NT) with by-products; the major by-product was benzoic acid (BA), and the ratio of the weight of the NTs to the BA was ~90%. Furthermore, the presence of oxygen facilitated the production of BA. The amount decreased to 0.45% under nitrogen atmosphere in a closed instrument. This investigation showed that oxygen was one of the key factors to the generation of BA, which was considered a characteristic feature of the nitration in [BMIM][OTf]. The presence of BA reduces the temperature required to initiate the exothermic reaction of the NTs. However, neither the benzoic-acid-induced temperature decrease nor the heat-of-reaction-induced adiabatic temperature increase facilitated the attainment of a temperature that triggered the decomposition of NTs or IL.

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  • CRID
    1390857512441374336
  • DOI
    10.34571/stem.83.6_147
  • ISSN
    24346322
    03685977
    13479466
  • 本文言語コード
    en
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
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