Regioselective mononitration of simple aromatic compounds under mild conditions in ionic liquids

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 8611-8615

  Smith, Keith ^a   Liu, Shifang ^a   El Hiti, Gamal A ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; MOISTURE; NITRIC ACID; SOLVENTS;

IONIC LIQUIDS; NITRATING REAGENTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUND;

EID: 28444439186     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050047z     Document Type: Review

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