## Abstract The thermal and methyl radical initiated decomposition of biacetylβ__d__~6~ were investigated at conversions 5% over the temperature range of 387β412Β°C and 251β292Β°C, respectively. The deuterated sample contained 10.5% biacetylβ__d__~5~. The reaction products were analyzed by mass spect
The thermal decomposition of biacetyl
β Scribed by H. Knoll; K. Scherzer; G. Geiseler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 562 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0538-8066
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The thermal decomposition of biacetyl has been studied at small percentage conversion over the temperature range 375β417Β°C. For these conditions, an almost quantitative mass balance was obtained by gasβchromatographic analysis. The following equation was obtained for the overall reaction
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Between 240Β° and 277Β°C, the decomposition of biacetyl initiated by methyl radicals has also been studied. As source of radicals, the thermolysis of azomethane was used. Moreover, the Arrhenius parameters of the following reactions were determined:
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where A is in sec^β1^ for reaction (1) and in cm^3^mole^β1^ sec^β1^ for reactions (3) and (4); E is in kcal/mole. Evidence is provided that the displacement reaction (4) proceeds by a two step mechanism.
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