Research Article

Polyethylene Glycols as Efficient Media for Decarboxylative Nitration of α,β-Unsaturated Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate in Acetonitrile Medium: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study

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Pseudo first order plot of nitrocinnamic acid (ln( ) versus time) at 315 K. [NCA] = 1.00 × 10−2 mol dm−3; [CAN] = 4.00 × 10−3 mol dm−3; [PEG-400]= 1.25 × 10−1 mol dm−3.
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