1-Nitropropane INDEX

Nitroethane and 1-(3,4 methylenedioxy) 2- nitropropane This method of producing the above mentioned nitro compounds is by far the best Ritter has come across yet The problem with standard nitroethane synthesis is that the -NO2 source most commonly used is silver nitrite (a la Merck Index citing). Needless to say, this is going to be an expensive compound to make as it is not available commercially but must be synthesized from costly silver nitrate. The other methods mentioned in Vogels 5th masterpiece... 

As a measure of the stereoregularity, an index EQ-H% was defined as the precent of the equatorial acetal protons to the total acetal protons. Figure 2 illustrates the temperature dependence of EQ-H% s of the polymer obtained in toluene (A), methylene chloride (B), and 1-nitropropane (C). No significant difference is observed at... 

Equation 4.1 describes the Rohrschneider-McReynolds system in terms of the five probes and their corresponding phase constants namely, benzene (X ), butanol (Y ), 2-pentanone (Z ), nitropropane (U ), and pyridine (S ) with the overall difference in the Kovats retention index (AI). 

The retention index of 657 for benzene on poly(dimethylsiloxane) in Table 24-3 means that benzene is eluted between hexane (7 = 600) and heptane (7 = 700) from this nonpolar station-aiy phase. Nitropropane is eluted just after heptane on the same column. As we go down the table, the stationary phases become more polar. For (biscyanopropyl)09(cyanopropylphenyl)0l-polysiloxane at the bottom of the table, benzene is eluted after decane, and nitropropane is eluted after -Cl4H30. 

The McReynolds constants listed are differences in retention index units between die reference compound run on squalane and on die other phases listed. The last entry in the table shows die absolute retention indices for the reference compounds on squalane. Reference compounds are (1) benzene, (2) 1-butanol, (3) 2-pentanone, (4) 1 nitropropane, and (5) pyridine. (Note that Rohrschneider s constants are based on these reference compounds and may differ slightly from the McReynolds constants. The reference compounds for Rohrschneider s constants are (1) benzene, (2) ethanol, (3) 2-butanone, (4) nitromethane, and (5) pyridine.) The minimum temperature is that at which normal gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) behavior is expected. Below that temperature, die phase will be a solid or an extremely viscous gum. The maximum temperature is that above which die bleed rate will be excessive. 

Using a different set of standard substances, i.e. substituting 1-butanol, pentan-2-one, and 1-nitropropane for the rather volatile ethanol, butan-2-one, and nitromethane, McReynolds developed an analogous approach [103]. Altogether, he characterized over 200 liquid stationary phases using a total of 10 probes. A statistical analysis of the McReynolds retention index matrix using the principal component analysis method has shown that only three components are necessary to reproduce the experimental data matrix [262]. The first component is related to the polarity of the liquid phase, the second depends almost solely on the solute, and the third is related to specific interactions with solute hydroxy groups [262]. 

It has been shown that the retention behaviour of benzene, butanol, pentan-2-one, nitropropane, and pyridine can be used to classify stationary phases in terms of their polarity (W.O.McReynolds, J. chromatogr. Set., 1970,5,685-691). The retention indices of each of these five reference compounds are measured, first on the stationary phase being tested and then on a standard phase (squalane). The differences in retention index between the two phases (AI) for the five reference compounds are added together to give a constant which is a measure of the polarity of the stationary phase. This constant is known as iheMcReynolds Constant and can be used to compare the ability of stationary phases to separate different classes of compounds (see below). However, this constant gives no information about peak shape, temperature limits, or the suitability for use in capillary colimms. 

The system of McReynolds constants is a usefiil tool for characterization of the selectivity of stationary phases in GC. The founding principle of this approach is that inter-molecular forces are additive and their individual contributions to retention can be evaluated from the difference in retention index values of selected test probes measured on a liquid phase to be characterized, and on the non-polar reference phase, i.e., squalane. To characterize the stationary phase polarity, the concept uses five special solutes (benzene, n-butanol, 2-pentanone, 1-nitropropane, and pyridine) that are considered to represent typical chemical interactions. 

The nitroalkanes are named as derivatives of the hydrocarbon with the prefix nitro. The primary or secondary position of the nitro group on propane is indicated by the number 1 or 2. The structure of nitromethane is CH3NO2, CH3CH2NO2 is nitroethane, CH3CH2CH2NO2 is 1-nitropropane, and CH3-CH(N02)CH3 is 2-nitropropane. The CA index names (Chemical Abstract Index, American Chemical Society) for each nitroalkane is listed in Table 17.1 along with the solvent s physical properties. The CAS numbers refer to the major nitroalkane component. Refer to the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for CAS numbers of any minor impurities in the solvent. 

The polarity of the stationary-phase liquid can be characterized by a number of parameters. For this purpose, Rohrschneider in 1966 and subsequently McRey-nolds [10] in 1970 proposed a number of test components, representing specific interactions between groups of analytes and the stationary phases. The Kovats retention indices (see section 2.4) of the model compounds benzene, 1-butanol, 2-pentanone, nitropropane, and pyridine on different stationary phases are used to determine the McReynolds constants on these stationary phases. Based on the McReynolds constants, the GC column manufacturer Chrompack introduced the CP index in order to characterize the polarity of stationary phases. The CP index has a value of zero for the highly nonpolar phase squalane and a value of 100 for the very polar phase OV 275. The CP index facilitates the comparison of stationary phases from different manufacturers. A number of general-purpose stationary phases are given in Table 2. Other classification systems for GC sta tionary phases have recently been reviewed by Abraham et al. [llj. 

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