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The rates of disappearance of some nitroaromatic compounds, namely, dinitrotoluene, dinitrobenzene, and dinitrobenzenesulfonic acid from alkaline borohydride solution were greatly enhanced in the presence of a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), both in the presence and in the absence of light. A neutral surfactant (Tween 80) had little or no effect on the photoreactions, and an anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate) slowed the photoreactions slightly.
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