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Tritiation of toluene with HTO

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Toluene was tritiated singly or as an equimolar mixture with benzene using HTO in the presence of FeCl3 as a catalyst. An o, poriented tritium distribution in the ring of toluene at the initial stage of reaction changed into uniform one with elapse of reaction time at 40 °C, whereas such a rapid change was not observed at 5 °C. By tritiation of the equimolar mixture at 6 °C, the partial rate factors were determined as of=264, mf=7, and pf=189 at the initial stage of the reaction. A possible reaction mechanism is discussed.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi, 260, Chiba, Japan

    K. Oohashi, K. Mori & K. Hirano

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Oohashi, K., Mori, K. & Hirano, K. Tritiation of toluene with HTO. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 135, 419–427 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164769

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