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[TDHofstetter]

Hi, folks - I'm your rankest noob for the moment.

Given combustion (temperature about 500-600°C) in free air, followed by rapid (about 1/4 second) cooling to about 40°C, will some portion of C10H14N2 (boiling point 247°C) readily oxidize - possibly using free nitrogen to finish the process - into C6H5NO2 (melting point 236.6°C)? Or is that end product specific to oxidation in the presence of HNO3?

If that oxidation does take place in free air at the temperatures and cooling rate given, about what percentage (wild guess) would convert?

Clearly CO and CO2 would be byproducts. It certainly looks like the proposed end product would be there in some quantity, though.

The availability of free air in the process is assumed continuous & limitless. Combustion is sustained by surrounding organic material of ambiguous chemsitry, not to be considered in the process because it's ambiguous.

The right answer could be vitally important to quite a number of individuals.

No, I'm not selling anything. This question is posed for medical reasons.

Thanks for any & all helpful input. Please feel free to probe for more details if they're needed to answer the question - I'm rank, but I'll try & answer to the best of my ability.

Sorry about the lack of subscripts - I'm familiar with BBCode, but I'm not sure of [SUB] works [/SUB] here. Diagrams of the two molecules in question are available.

-- Tim --