Modern Chemistry, Lesson 74: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Duration: 30 min

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation

Description: Shows that the bonding behavior of nitrogen in organic compounds is intermediate between that of oxygen and that of carbon. Nitro groups are formed when toluene and phenol are treated with nitric acid to form trinitrotoluene (TNT) and trinitrophenol (picric acid)

Metadata Source:Catalog of Classroom Teaching Films for Georgia Schools, No. 10 (Georgia Department of Education)