CHED 853 |
| Jennifer Lawson, Starr N. Horne, and John C. DiCesare. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Tulsa, 600 South College Ave, Tulsa, OK 74104 |
| Most commonly used explosive devises use compounds containing the nitro-group. New environmental laws are making it more difficult to detonate explosive devises as a means of their destruction. A convenient room temperature method of reducing the nitro-group to an amine would be beneficial. In order to perform this reduction, a hydrogen source and a catalyst are required. This paper will describe the use of combinatorial techniques to optimize the reduction of nitrotoluene, a common TNT simulant. |
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Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Organic Chemistry
2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Anaheim Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |