Ammonium Chloride—Sodium Sulfide Solutions for Organic Nitro Reductions and for Inorganic Qualitative Analysis

Reduction and conversion of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by sulfide under simulated anaerobic conditions

“…Maity et al [21,22] also studied the reduction of nitrotoluenes (o-, m-, and p-) by H 2 S-rich aqueous monoethanolamine (MEA), and aqueous ammonium sulfide in an organic solvent (toluene), under a liquid-liquid mode with a phase transfer catalyst (PTC). McLaughlin and Barnes [23] investigated the reduction of nitroarenes by elemental sulfur and a mild base in dimethylformamide (DMF) at 130 • C. Ammonium sulfide as a reducing agent for organic nitro compounds was studied qualitatively by Murray and Waters [24], but needed to be heated. Hojo et al [25] studied the kinetics of the reduction of nitrobenzene by aqueous methanolic solutions of sodium disulfide.…”