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The rates of wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene in the presence of excess oxygen and at different temperatures and oxygen pressures was investigated. Oxidation experiments were carried out at temperatures between 180 and 225oC and oxygen partial pressures of 1,0-3,0 MPa, in a 280 mL glass vessel-inserted stainless steel reactor. Copper sulfate (CuSO4 .5H2O) was used as a catalyst, and the effect of catalyst loading was studied by varying the concentration: 0.75, 2.5 and 25 mg/L as Cu2+. Addition of Cu2+ ions in the reaction media accelerated 2-nitrotoluidine oxidation nearly ten times even if it exists in trace amount in the reaction medium (0.75 ppm Cu2+). Unfortunately copper did not show catalytic effect for the oxidation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene.
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Kayan, B., Gizir, A. & Erdogdu, F. Catalytic wet air oxidation of 2-nitrotoluidine and 2,4-dinitrotoluene. Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters 81, 241–249 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:REAC.0000019429.16029.ca
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