o-Xylene-4-sulfonic acid prepared by sulfonation of
o-Xylene at 100°C was purified.3-Sulfonic acid was synthesized by reduction, Gattermann reaction, chlorination and hydrolysis from 3-nitro-
o-Xylene.
The melting points of 3-and 4-sulfonic acid-S-benzyl-thiuronium salts prepared by usual method, were 147°C and 210.5°C, respectively.
The melting points of their mixture in various proportion were determined. The eutectic point was 137.6°C and eutectic mixture was consisted of about 10% of 3-acid and 902/s of 4-acid.
The ratios on the yields of 3- and 4-acids obtained by sulfonation of
o-Xylene with conc.sulfuricacid were determined by use of melting point curve.
The yield of 3-acid depended on the temp.and was not accelerated by catalyser.I studied on the equilibrium of 3-acid k
1⇔k
2 4-acid, as 3-acid can be transformed by heating in the mixture of sulfuricacid and a small amount of water.
When barium 3-sulfonate (0.001 mol) in 3 cc.of sulfuricacid (d: 1.656) was heatedbetween 80 and 100°C, a reversible first order reaction
kt=
t (k1+k2) =lnXe/(Xe-X) was done and the following results were obtained:
The activation energies of
k1 and
k2 were 30 kcal/mol., respectively.Log
k was proportional to the acidity function (Ho) and the tangent was about 0.68, wbe the same reaction was done at 100° by change of sulfuricacid concentration.
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