Observation of replacement of carbon in benzene with nitrogen in a low-temperature plasma.
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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3858796 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
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Observation of replacement of carbon in benzene with nitrogen in a low-temperature plasma.
Zhang Zhiping Z Gong Xiaoyun X Zhang Sichun S Yang Haijun H Shi Youmin Y Yang Chengdui C Zhang Xinrong X Xiong Xingchuang X Fang Xiang X Ouyang Zheng Z
Scientific reports 20131211
Selective activation of benzene has been mainly limited to the C-H activation. Simple replacement of one carbon in benzene with another atom remains unresolved due to the high dissociation energy. Herein, we demonstrate a direct breakage of the particularly strong C = C bond in benzene through ion-molecule reaction in a low-temperature plasma, in which one carbon atom was replaced by one atomic nitrogen with the formation of pyridine. The mechanism for the formation of pyridine from benzene has ...[more]
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