Sigma-Aldrich Sulfuric Acid ACS Reagent

Sulfuric acid can be used as a catalyst: - In the hydrolysis of primary or secondary nitroalkane salts to aldehydes or ketones. - In the selective hydrolysis of nitriles to amides. - To synthesize amides of t-alkylcarbinamines via Ritter reaction between nitriles and alkenes.

- To ...Sulfuric acid can be used as a catalyst: - In the hydrolysis of primary or secondary nitroalkane salts to aldehydes or ketones. - In the selective hydrolysis of nitriles to amides. - To synthesize amides of t-alkylcarbinamines via Ritter reaction between nitriles and alkenes.

- To prepare 3,4-dialkyl-2(5H)-furanones by carbonylation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. - In the nitration of aromatic carbocycles and heteroaromatic compounds. - In the Friedel–Craft ketone synthesis using anhydrides via α-amidoalkylation reaction.

H2SO4 can also be used in the following reactions: - Michael′s addition reactions - Electrophilic substitution reactions - Esterification of highly hindered aromatic acids - Aldol condensation reaction - Beckmann rearrangement - Hofmann–Loffler–Freytag reaction - Isomerization - Dehydrogenation - Sulfonation