Harry_- Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Does anyone know how this reaction proceeds with the following reactants? Glacial acetic acid (i presume solvent) Cupric acetate monohydrate Ammonium Nitrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenbeier Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Cu2+ works as oxidiser. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzil https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed065p553 Download the PDF from there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_- Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 What about the ammonium Nitrate. I can't find any papers on it being used in this reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenbeier Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Did you Download the PDF, there is ammonium nitrate used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_- Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 They say nitric acid can be used but nothing about ammonium nitrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenbeier Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) You didn't Download the right document. On the first Page blue Button 473 PDF Here the right document synthesis of benzyl.pdf Edited October 15, 2021 by chenbeier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_- Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 Thanks so much. I'm preparing a lab experiment and can't really reference that, are there any papers that I could use? Also I notice that the yield for that experiment is 72% whereas without ammonium nitrate and with a lot more cupric acetate monohydrate the yields on the other paper are 90%. Why is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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