Anthracite, bituminous and subbituminous coal when treated with naphthalene anion in tetrahydrofuran added negativecharges to form the corresponding coal anions. Alkylation of bituminous and subbituminous coal anion with ethyl iodide resulted in the addition of 16 and 14 ethyl groups per 100 carbon
Solubilization of coal by reductive acetylation
β Scribed by C.K.S. Nair; B.K. Kumari; M. Pardhasaradhi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 217 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-2361
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β¦ Synopsis
Reductive acetylation of a low rank high volatile bituminous coal in acetic acid increased the solubiiity in pyridine from 16 to 39%. Although reduction of carbonyl groups took place, as indicated by i.r. spectra. the acetyl value did not increase markedly compared with simple acetylation. A study on model compounds indicated no scission of C-C bonds but did show the elimination of carbonyl oxygen with dimerization. The enhanced pyridine solubility of the treated coal is possibly due to a decrease in non-covalent polar interactions between the mobile and macromolecular phases of the coal structure.
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