Deville rebooted – practical N 2 O 5 synthesis †

Edwards, Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2200-9578, Kariuki, Benson M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8658-3897, Didsbury, Matthew, Jones, Christopher D. and Wirth, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8990-0667 2024. Deville rebooted – practical N 2 O 5 synthesis †. Chemical Communications 60 (46) , pp. 5920-5923. 10.1039/d4cc01403k

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Abstract

Dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), the anhydride of nitric acid, was synthesised by Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville in Paris in 1849 using silver nitrate and chlorine gas. Herein, we revisit, optimise, and modify Deville's method using photocatalysis to enable a safe, clean, practical, and reproducible alternative for N2O5 synthesis in quantitative yields. Moreover, it is predicted that the modifications can accommodate an industrial scale-up, but the silver chloride generated must be recycled.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/, Start Date: 2024-05-09
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	1359-7345
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 May 2024
Date of Acceptance:	8 May 2024
Last Modified:	01 Aug 2024 11:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168960

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