Description
The oxidation of aniline by hydrogen peroxide produces nitrosobenzene as the initial product, which undergoes further oxidation to nitrobenzene. The nitrosobenzene formation is catalyzed by functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNT) followed by a coupling reaction between nitrosobenzene and aniline to produce azobenzene. This reaction proceeds rapidly resulting in the UV-VIS absorption spectrum showing a maxima at 327 nm and 425 nm. The nitrosobenzene yield in the presence of CNTs is controlled by the amount present in the medium. As the reaction is not catalyzed by unfunctionalized CNTs or graphitic particles, the uniqueness of the functionalized multiwalled CNTs in this catalysis suggests a nano dimensional reaction pathway.
Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit
2002
Document Type
Conference Paper
Department, Program, or Center
School of Chemistry and Materials Science (COS)
Recommended Citation
Croston, M.; Langston, J.; Takacs, G.; and Morrill, T.C., "Catalyzed oxidation of aniline by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of cnts: A Possible case of a nanodimension reaction" (2002). Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/other/472
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Proceedings from the 201st Abs meeting, May 12-17, 2002. Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.