Aqueous Mineral Acids

The observation already discussed ( 2.2, 2.3, 2.4) of nitrations, in concentrated and aqueous mineral acids and in pure nitric acid, which depend on the first power of the concentration of the aromatic compound, does not help much in elucidating the mechanisms of nitrations under these conditions. In contrast, the observation of zeroth-order... 

Aqueous mineral acids react with BF to yield the hydrates of BF or the hydroxyfluoroboric acids, fluoroboric acid, or boric acid. Solution in aqueous alkali gives the soluble salts of the hydroxyfluoroboric acids, fluoroboric acids, or boric acid. Boron trifluoride, slightly soluble in many organic solvents including saturated hydrocarbons (qv), halogenated hydrocarbons, and aromatic compounds, easily polymerizes unsaturated compounds such as butylenes (qv), styrene (qv), or vinyl esters, as well as easily cleaved cycHc molecules such as tetrahydrofuran (see Furan derivatives). Other molecules containing electron-donating atoms such as O, S, N, P, etc, eg, alcohols, acids, amines, phosphines, and ethers, may dissolve BF to produce soluble adducts. 

Phenol s chemical properties are characterized by the influences of the hydroxyl group and the aromatic ring upon each other. Although the stmcture of phenol is similar to cyclohexanol, phenol is a much stronger acid. Its piC in aqueous solution at 25°C is 9.89 x 10 ° (8). This characteristic allows aqueous hydroxides to convert phenol into their salts. The salts, especially those of sodium and potassium, are converted back into phenol by aqueous mineral acids or carboxyhc acids. 

These precursors are prepared by reaction of fuming nitric acid in excess acetic anhydride at low temperatures with 2-furancarboxaldehyde [98-01-1] (furfural) or its diacetate (16) followed by treatment of an intermediate 2-acetoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran [63848-92-0] with pyridine (17). This process has been improved by the use of concentrated nitric acid (18,19), as well as catalytic amounts of phosphoms pentoxide, trichloride, and oxychloride (20), and sulfuric acid (21). Orthophosphoric acid, -toluenesulfonic acid, arsenic acid, boric acid, and stibonic acid, among others are useful additives for the nitration of furfural with acetyl nitrate. Hydrolysis of 5-nitro-2-furancarboxyaldehyde diacetate [92-55-7] with aqueous mineral acids provides the aldehyde which is suitable for use without additional purification. 

Donation of a proton to the reactant often forms a carbenium ion or an oxonium ion, which then reacts ia the catalytic cycle. For example, a catalytic cycle suggested for the conversion of phenol and acetone iato bisphenol A, which is an important monomer used to manufacture epoxy resias and polycarbonates, ia an aqueous mineral acid solution is shown ia Figure 1 (10). 

Diaziridines are weak bases, They can be extracted from organic solvents with aqueous mineral acids. With increasing number and chain length of alkyl substituents the solubility in aqueous mineral acids decreases. l-MethyI-2-n-butyl-3-hexyldiaziridine is soluble only in concentrated hydrochloric acid. Stable oxalates can in some cases be prepared from 1-aIkyI-diaziridines (43). The salts are stable indefinitely and by the action of alkali the diaziridines can be recovered. Diaziridines dialkylated on nitrogen (44) are hardly capable of salt... 

Methylpyrrole gives only amorphous polymeric material with HCl or picric acid in ether.In contrast with the pyrroles just mentioned, 2,5- and 3,4-dimethyl-, 2-methyl-5-ethyl-, 3-methyl-4-ethyl-, and 2-methyl-4-ethyl-pyrrole do not form crystalline salts, either monomeric or dimeric, and 2,4-dimethyl- and 4-methyl-2-ethyl-pyrrole form only monomeric salts. The dialkylpyrroles in this latter group all dissolve in aqueous sulfuric acid to form relatively stable solutions (e.g., references 14 and 15). The various tri- and tetra-akylpyrroles are likewise soluble in aqueous mineral acid to form stable solutions, and either do not react with HCl or picric acid... 

This compound is a white, crystalline compound melting at 256°-257°C with decomposition. It is readily soluble in concentrated aqueous alkali hydroxide solutions and in concentrated aqueous mineral acids. 

Protonation of the carboxylate ion by addition of aqueous mineral acid in a separate step then gives the free carboxylic acid. 

Diazotization of Amines with Alkali Nitrite in Dilute Aqueous Mineral Acids... 

As the amines become more weakly basic, the normal method of diazotization becomes progressively more difficult. The equilibrium between amine and ammonium salt increasingly favors the former which, usually because of its poor solubility in water, is prevented from taking part in the reaction. Research into the mechanism of diazotization has demonstrated that the important step is the addition of the nitrosating agent to the base of the amine. Thus, the acidity for each diazotization should be so chosen that the equilibrium concentration of base corresponds to that of its saturated solution. This rule leads to the use of higer concentrations of aqueous mineral acid for weakly basic amines. 

The proximity of the reaction centre to the second phenyl ring makes the aryl cation, formed by heterolytic dediazoniation, a serious competitor to the aryl radical. This is evident in Table 10-6 from various examples where the yield obtained in aqueous mineral acid (varying from 0.1 m to 50% H2S04) is higher than in the presence of an electron-transfer reagent. This competition was studied in three types of product analyses by Cohen s group (Lewin and Cohen, 1967 Cohen et al., 1977), by Huisgen and Zahler (1963 a, 1963 b), and by Bolton et al. (1986). 

Nitration by nitric acid in aqueous mineral acid solution... 

The kinetics of nitrosation of phenol in aqueous mineral acid have been studied in some detail. Suzawa et a/.118 showed that, with 0.01 M nitrous acid at 0° a second-order rate coefficient of 0.00148 was obtained and that this was increased to 0.00225 by the addition of hydrochloric acid to pH 1.3. Morrison and Turney119... 

Adipic acid and HMDA are obtained from nylon-6,6 by die hydrolysis of die polymer in concentrated sulfuric acid (Fig. 10.7). The AA is purified by recrystallization and the HMDA is recovered by distillation after neutralizing die acid. This process is inefficient for treating large amounts of waste because of die required recrystallization of AA after repeated batch hydrolyses of nylon-6,6 waste. In a continuous process,5 nylon-6,6 waste is hydrolyzed with an aqueous mineral acid of 30-70% concentration and the resulting hydrolysate is fed to a crystallization zone. The AA crystallizes and the crystals are continuously removed from the hydrolysate. Calcium hydroxide is added to neutralize the modier liquor and liberate the HMDA for subsequent distillation. 

The rate of the reaction with most reagents is proportional to the concentration of NO2, not to that of other species. When the reagent produces this ion in small amounts, the attack is slow and only active substrates can be nitrated. In concentrated and aqueous mineral acids the kinetics are second order first order each in aromatic substrate and in nitric acid (unless pure nitric acid is used in which case there are pseudo-first-order kinetics). But in organic solvents, such as nitromethane, acetic acid, and CCI4, the kinetics are first order in nitric acid alone and zero order in aromatic substrate, because the rate-determining step is formation of NOj and the substrate does not take part in this. 

Although formic acid is oxidised to CO2 by Pb(IV), kinetic data exist only for the oxidations with Hg(II), Hg(I) and Tl(III) in aqueous mineral acids and with Pd(II) in acetic acid . Rate equations are of the form... 

Compound 225 can be recrystallized from a large volume of water but gradually decomposes into starting materials, especially in the presence of aqueous mineral acids in a process similar to that for hexamethylenetetramine. When treated with concentrated nitric acid, it yields hexogen (cyclotrimethylenetrinitroamine, an explosive).245 Similar properties can be expected for 226, which is characterized by its high toxicity.246... 

The [(thioacyl)hydrazino]triazines 554 were synthesized from 6-amino-5-hydrazino[l,2,4]triazines 552 by reaction with 553. Cyclization of 554 with an aqueous mineral acid gave (88S778) the triazinothiadiazine 555. 

Figure 8.9 Kinetics of a second-order reaction the racemization of glucose in aqueous mineral acid at 17 °C (a) graph of concentration (as y ) against time (as V) (b) graph drawn according to the linear form of the integrated second-order rate equation, obtained by plotting 1 / A, (as V) against time (as V). The gradient of trace (b) equals the second-order rate constant k2, and has a value of 6.00 x 10-4 dm3mol 1s 1...

The hydrolysis of the esters is carried out by prolonged heating with aqueous mineral acids or solutions of alkali hydroxides. See saponification of fats on p. 149. Alcoholic potassium hydroxide solution is an... 

In ethyl acetoacetate the methylene group is united to —CO.CH3 and —COOR. Free acetoacetic acid is even much less stable than malonic acid and, on merely warming in solution, decomposes in fundamentally similar fashion, into acetbne and carbon dioxide. Since all synthetic derivatives of ethyl acetoacetate behave in the same way, so that the acetoacetic acids, obtained by hydrolysis of their esters with aqueous mineral acids, decompose spontaneously with loss of carbon dioxide when heated, numerous derivatives of acetone are made available by this synthesis, by what is called Icetonic hydrolysis, e.g. 

We shall discuss the acid-base equilibria of nitrous acid in aqueous mineral acids of increasing concentration in Section II.E. 

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