Role of intermolecular reactions in thermolysis of aromatic nitro compounds in supercritical aromatic solvents

LM Minier, KR Brower, JC Oxley

Index: Minier, Leanna M.; Brower, Kay R.; Oxley, Jimmie C. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1991 , vol. 56, # 10 p. 3306 - 3314

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Abstract

Several nitroarenes were decomposed isothermally in dilute supercritical solution in benzene or toluene and in the vapor phase in the temperature range of 290-380 OC in sealed glass tubes with pressures up to 100 MPa. The mechanii of thermolysis are inferred from kinetic studies and product analysis. The initial rate-controlling step for nitrobenzene and p-nitrotoluene decomposition is probably intermolecular hydrogen abstraction to form ...