Nitration of toluene to 4-nitrotoluene, 2-nitrotoluene and 2,4-dinitrotoluene
Reaction type:
electrophilic substitution of aromatics, nitration of aromatics
Substance classes:
nitroaromatics, aromatics
Techniques:
distilling under reduced pressure, adding dropwise with an addition funnel, working with wash bottles, extracting, shaking out, recrystallizing, filtering, evaporating with rotary evaporator, stirring with magnetic stir bar, draining of gases, use of a cooling bath, heating with oil bath