## Abstract Experimonts conducted during the development of an earlier instrument showed that the acidic sulphur oxides present in washed flue gas were not readily absorbed by hydrogen peroxide solutions, whereas sulphur dioxide was completely absorbed. These experiments have been extended, and by
Sulphonation of benzene with sulphur trioxide in the gas-phase
β Scribed by P. M. Heertjes; H. C. A. van Beek; G. I. Grimmon
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 573 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0513
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The reaction of gaseous sulphur trioxide with gaseous benzene has been studied at three different temperatures with different ratios of the reactants. The reactions are rapid. The number of products can be rather large and depends on the ratio of sulphur trioxide to benzene.
At low ratios (up to 1.2) diphenylsulphone, benzeneβmonosulphonic acid and benzene pyrosulphonic acid are formed, at higher ratios also more highly sulphonated products are obtained.
The amount of sulphonic acid groups increases proportionally to this ratio. It is concluded that diphenylsulphone is formed via the intermediate product, benzenepyrosulphonic acid, because the presence of acetic acid reduced the amount of sulphone proportionally. The temperature β between 100 and 230Β° β had no marked influence on the results.
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