Nitration of toluene in a microreactor

Catalysis Today

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 74-80

  Halder, Raghunath ^a   Lawal, Adeniyi ^a   Damavarapu, Reddy ^b  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b US Army   (United States)

Author keywords

Microreactor; Nitration; Nitric acid; Nitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; ISOMERIZATION; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATION; NITRIC ACID; PROTONATION; REACTOR OPERATION;

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE BATH; ISOMERIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROREACTORS; NITRATING AGENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SELF-PROTONATION;

TOLUENE;

EID: 34250808520     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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