abstract |
According to the invention, a quantity of 0.5 to 20,000 ppm of one or more surface active substances from the group of anionic, cationic, zwitterionic or non-ionic is added to the reaction mixture during the conversion of aromatic compounds with nitrating acid, said acid containing HNO3 and optional H2SO4 and/or H2O and/or H3PO4, to aromatic nitro compounds. |