Preliminary studies on the electrolytic reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline
Swaminathan, K. ; Anantharaman, P. N. ; Subramanian, G. S. ; Udupa, H. V. K.
Springer
Published 1972
Springer
Published 1972
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1572-8838
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
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Abstract The reduction of nitrobenzene by an electrolytic method is fairly simple and it does not require the complicated equipment needed in the vapour phase reduction method. On account of the simplicity of operation, an attempt is being made to work out a suitable electrolytic method for this tonnage of chemical and study its economics as compared to other known methods of production. In this paper, the results obtained in the preliminary experiments using the rotating electrode technique are discussed. It is found that it is necessary to add certain ‘hydrogen carriers’ to catalyse the reduction. Without the addition of such carriers, complete reduction is not possible. Various conditions such as current density, depolarizer ratio, temperature and concentration of the hydrogen carrier have been studied. An attempt is made to work out the material balance for the nitrobenzene employed.
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