Abstract
1-Dodecylpyrene (DDP) was pyrolyzed at concentrations between 0.0007 and 0.47 M in a benzene diluent, at temperatures from 375 to 450 °C. Product yields and selectivities were functions of both the conversion and the initial concentration. For instance, DDP pyrolysis at low conversions (<25%) and low initial concentrations (<0.14 M) yielded primary products analogous to those observed for alkylbenzene pyrolysis, whereas experiments at higher conversions and concentrations yielded n- dodecane and pyrene as the major products through the cleavage of the strong aryl-alkyl C-C bond. Kinetics analysis showed that this concentration-dependent behavior could be modeled by using the rate law previously derived for alkylbenzene pyrolysis plus an additional term accounting for the apparently autocatalytic decomposition of the strong aryl-alkyl bond. Pyrolyses of DDP with a hydrogen-transfer reporter molecule, 1,6-dimethylnaphthalene, showed that a selective hydrogenolysis mechanism was likely responsible for cleavage of the aryl-alkyl C-C bond.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 331-339 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering