Industrial Aromatic Chemistry: Raw Materials · Processes · Products

✍ Scribed by Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Heinz-Gerhard Franck, Dr. Jürgen Walter Stadelhofer (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 498
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Aromatic organic hydrocarbons and heterocycles represent a bulk of about one third of all industrially produced organic basic materials. Aromatic compounds such as benzene, phenol, naphthalene, anthracene, and their homologues, are derived from raw materials, coal, crude oil and biogenic resources by thermal and catalytic refining processes. This book introduces the chemistry of aromatics with a brief discussion of the aromatic character and a survey of historical aspects, particularly the development of the organic dye industry during the 19th century. The main emphasis of the book is to give a clear prospect of industrial processes for the production and the derivatisation of aromatics with consistent flow diagrams. Economical aspects of by- and side-products are especially regarded. For the most important aromatics an analysis of the international market included their derivatives: polymers, pesticides, dyes, pigments and drugs. Professional scientists, managers and students in chemistry and chemical engineering will find a wealth of information for their career and daily work.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
History....Pages 1-7
The nature of the aromatic character....Pages 8-26
Base materials for aromatic chemicals....Pages 27-98
Production of benzene, toluene and xylenes....Pages 99-131
Production and uses of benzene derivatives....Pages 132-235
Production and uses of toluene derivatives....Pages 236-264
Production and uses of xylene derivatives....Pages 265-290
Polyalkylated benzenes — production and uses....Pages 291-297
Naphthalene — production and uses....Pages 298-333
Alkylnaphthalenes and other bicyclic aromatics — production and uses....Pages 334-342
Anthracene — production and uses....Pages 343-361
Additional polynuclear aromatics — production and uses....Pages 362-367
Production and uses of carbon products from mixtures of condensed aromatics....Pages 368-386
Aromatic heterocyclics — production and uses....Pages 387-425
Toxicology/Environmental aspects....Pages 426-446
The future of aromatic chemistry....Pages 447-448
Back Matter....Pages 449-486

✦ Subjects

Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Organic Chemistry