Monday, January 2, 2012

(organic) How do you make 3-nitrotoluene from benzene?

C6H6 + CH3Cl ==AlCl3==> C6H5-CH3 ==H2SO4==> p-H3C-C6H4-SO3H ==HNO3,H2SO4==> 4-methyl-2-nitrobenzenesulfonic acid ==steamdistillation==> m-O2N-C6H4-CH3

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