PROCESS FOR PRODUCING P-NITROANILINE

• Main Authors: HARADA, TAIRA, NAGAOKA, TAKENORI, SHIMIZU, TOYOZI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.01.1982
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

A process for producing p-nitroaniline comprises nitrating an a-methylbenzalaniline of the formulawherein R represents an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n is 0 or 1, with nitric acid in the presence of a halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent and sulfuric acid, and hydrolyzing the result...