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The chemistry of formation of semi-cokes from aromatic systems using mass-spectrometry—II: The effect of addition of phthalic anhydride and phthalimide upon the carbonisation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

✍ Scribed by S. Evans; H. Marsh


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1971
Tongue
English
Weight
619 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-6223

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✦ Synopsis


A high-resolution mass-spectrometer has been used to analyse the products of carbonisation of several polycyclic molecules with phthalic anhydride and phthalimide. The objective was to ascertain the mechanism of reaction of these species because of a report that the addition of phthalic anhydride enhances the degree of graphitisation of carbazole. The mechanism which this study suggests is one of further phenylation of the aromatic comnounds rather than an increase in the number of rings in the compounds, e.g. anthracene going to tetracene.