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Lanthanide Bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imides as Reusable Catalysts for Mononitration of Substituted Benzenes in Ionic Liquids
Author(s) -
Wang Shuojin,
Jiang Shaojie,
Nie Jin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.200900243
Subject(s) - sulfonyl , chemistry , ionic liquid , trifluoromethyl , imide , nitration , catalysis , organic chemistry , lanthanide , polymer chemistry , ion , alkyl
Lanthanide bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imides as a kind of effective catalyst were used in quaternary ammonium ionic liquids to afford a useful new method for the nitration of substituted benzenes with concentrated nitric acid (95%) as nitrating agent. The less expensive lanthanum bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide was found to be the most effective catalyst employed in the ionic liquid tributylammonium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide. The lanthanum bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide/tributylammonium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide system demonstrated high catalytic activity for the nitration of halobenzenes and rendered good to excellent yields. This catalyst/ionic liquid system could be recovered by simple procedures and recycled for at least 5 times.