Reaction of fluorine gas with coal and the aromaticity of coal

✍ Scribed by John L. Huston; Robert G. Scott; Martin H. Studier

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1023 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-2361
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(76)90025-9

✦ Synopsis

Molecular fluorine has been used for the study of coal and a small number of model compounds. It is shown that direct estimates can be made of the carbon aromaticity and of the sensitive carbon in cyclic form. The value for a high-volatile Illinois bituminous coal agrees well with that commonly accepted on the aromatic/aliphatic structural hypothesis and suggests that the polyamantane model is unsatisfactory. The reagent also results in removal of nitrogen and sulphur from coal.