Nitration of benzene rings is accomplished by nitric acid and this catalyst, while a reagent comprising (*) chromium (III) oxide and this compound fully oxidizes alcohols in the powerful Jones oxidation.
This compound has recently been used in the pretreatment of sugarcane and other plants because it improves ethanol production, though beyond 1% concentration it degrades cellulose. Most of the world's selenium comes from roasting the anode mud from copper refineries in soda or this compound. It reacts with two equivalents of sodium chloride in the Mannheim Process for producing hydrogen chloride. Nitration of benzene rings is accomplished by nitric acid and this catalyst, while a reagent comprising (*) chromium (III) oxide and this compound fully oxidizes alcohols in the powerful Jones oxidation. This acid is industrially synthesized by a process that features an oleum intermediate and a vanadium oxide-catalyzed step; that synthesis is the contact process. For 10 points, name this strong polyprotic acid with formula H2SO4.
This compound has recently been used in the pretreatment of sugarcane and other plants because it improves ethanol production, though beyond 1% concentration it degrades cellulose.
Sulfuric acid [accept H2SO4 before mentioned]