Table 2 Amination results of different substituted benzene analogues.

From: Gas-phase amination of aromatic hydrocarbons by corona discharge-assisted nitrogen fixation

No.

Aromatic hydrocarbon

[M + H]+

[M + N]+

[M + NH2]+

1

Toluene

93 (1)a)

106 (34)

108 (100)

2

Anisole

109 (69)

122 (27)

124 (100)

3

Ethylbenzene

107 (5)

120 (1)

122 (100)

4

35Chlorobenzene

113 (42)

126 (26)

128 (77)

5

Nitrobenzene

124 (100)

b)

139 (1)

6

p-Xylene

107 (21)

120 (23)

122 (100)

7

1,3,5-Trimethoxybenzene

169 (100)

-

-

  1. a)m/z (relative abundance %).
  2. b)Relative abundance < 1%.