A new method for the synthesis of nitroethane, ethyl nitrite, and ethyl nitrate

GJ Audley, DL Baulch, IM Campbell

Index: Audley, Gary J.; Baulch, Donald L.; Campbell, Ian M. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1982 , # 18 p. 1053 - 1055

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Abstract

When H2O2 vapour and NO2 are mixed in an ethane carrier in a flow system in the presence of a boric acid-coated surface, ethyl nitroethane, and some ethyl nitrite are synthesized; a mechanism is advanced in which OH· and C2H5· radicals are the intermediates.