Reactions of Athabasca asphaltenes and heavy oil with metal chlorides

✍ Scribed by J.G. Speight

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 666 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-2361
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-2361(71)90007-x

✦ Synopsis

The interactions of Athabasca asphaltenes and heavy oil with metal chlorides are described. The asphaltenes are converted to insoluble, presumably higher molecular weight, products which contain substantial amounts of chemically bound chlorine. The heavy oils were converted partly into insoluble products; both this fraction and residue oils contained chemically bound chlorine. Statistical structure analysis aided by infra-red spectrographic and nuclear magnetic resonance examination of the soluble portion of the reacted heavy oils suggests that inter-and intramolecular condensation by dehydrogenation and dealkylation accompany chlorination.