Nitroethane synth by WizardX (Post No 206924)
A variant synthesis of nitroethane is:
1) CH3CH2COOH + Cl2 ==>> CH3CH(-Cl)COOH + HCl
2) CH3CH(-Cl)COONa + NaNO2 ==>> CH3CH(-NO2)-COONa + NaCl
3) CH3CH(-NO2)-COONa + H2O ==Heat==>> NO2CH2CH3 + NaHCO3
Some questions:
What yeld could be expected? It should in step 1 even form some di-chloro and maybee some trichloro compounds, right? So how do one know when to stop gassing?
..does anyone have the URL to WizardX´s homepage?
thank you for your help/