Studies on Nitration of Phenol over Solid Acid Catalyst in Crimson Publishers

Studies on Nitration of Phenol over Solid Acid Catalyst by Lipika Das, Koushik Guha Biswas* and Jayanta Kumar Basu in PPS

Phenol was selectively nitrated in liquid phase to produce ortho-nitrophenol using dilute nitric acid (30%) at room temperature in presence of hydrochloric acid treated γ-alumina. Initially Al (NO3) and NH4HCO3 were reacted to prepare Al (OH)3 which on successive calcinations at 550 0C for 5h produce γ-alumina. The γ-alumina was characterized by BET, XRD, SEM and NH3-TPD analysis. The XRD profile confirmed the crystalline structure of the solid acid catalyst γ-alumina. The NH3-TPD analysis showed the development of lewis acidity on the surface of hydrochloric acid treated γ-alumina. The effects of various parameters such as concentration of reactants, types of catalyst, weight of the catalyst, solvent, temperature and time of reaction have been studied. The kinetics of the reaction was also investigated.

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