The thermal and photochemical decomposition of maleic anhydride in the gas phase

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 1342-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Back ◽  
J. M. Parsons

The thermal decomposition of maleic anhydride has been studied in the gas phase in a static system at temperatures from 645 to 760 K and pressures from 0.7 to 20 Torr. The first-order rate constant for the homogeneous unimolecular reaction,[Formula: see text]is described by the Arrhenius parameters log A (s−1) = 14.33 (±0.3), and E = 60.9 (± 1) kcal/mol. The reaction appears to proceed through a concerted mechanism rather than a biradical one.The photochemical decomposition, studied at wavelengths from 220 to 350 nm, yielded the same products. At 300 nm and below, the decomposition was unaffected by pressure, but at longer wavelengths collisional quenching was observed. Weak light emission was observed on excitation between 350 and 380 nm. The absorption spectrum was measured from 250 to 400 nm, and three overlapping transitions, π*←π, π*←n+, and π*←n−, can be distinguished. The mechanism of the photolysis is discussed and it is concluded that it probably proceeds through internal conversion to a vibrationally excited ground state.

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 2196-2202 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Warner ◽  
T. R. Ingraham

The gas pressures over samples of anhydrous ferric sulphate and anhydrous aluminum sulphate have been measured in a static system, using a mercury manometer in which the exposed surface was covered with a flexible Pyrex bellows. The calculated ΔH for the decomposition of Fe2(SO4)3 was +135.4 kcal/mole. It was not possible to calculate the ΔH for the Al2(SO4)3 decomposition, because a discrete aluminum oxide with singular thermodynamic properties was not obtained.In the Fe2(SO4)3 system, the fraction of SO3 in the gas phase was found to be almost constant over the range of temperature and pressure changes used in the study.At any given temperature, the decomposition pressure over a ferric sulphate sample is greater than that over an aluminum sulphate sample, thus indicating that preferential decomposition of ferric sulphate should be thermodynamically feasible in mixtures of ferric sulphate and aluminum sulphate.


Studies of the catalytic oxidation of benzene to maleic anhydride and carbon dioxide over vanadia/molybdena catalysts show that the major part of the reaction involves interacting gas and gas-solid processes. The results are consistent with a mechanism in which a benzeneoxygen adduct is formed catalytically, desorbs and then reacts to give maleic anhydride entirely in the gas phase. On the basis of this proposed mechanism, the kinetics of individual reactions have been investigated in some depth. The over-oxidation of maleic anhydride has been found to be not significant under the conditions of reaction. The kinetic relationships governing the homogeneous decomposition of the adduct and the oxidation of the adduct to maleic anhydride and to carbon dioxide have been established. The results show that essentially all of the anhydride originates from mixed gas-solid/gas reaction while substantial amounts of carbon dioxide are produced entirely catalytically.


1983 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 545-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kishman ◽  
Eric Barish ◽  
Ralph Allen

A predominantly blue “active nitrogen” afterglow was generated in pure flowing nitrogen or in air by using a dielectric discharge at pressures from 1 to 20 Torr. The afterglow contains triplet state molecules and vibrationally excited ground state molecules. These species are produced directly by electron impact without the formation and recombination of nitrogen atoms. The most intense emission is the N2 second positive band system. The N2 first positive and N2+ first negative systems are also observed. The spectral and electrical properties of this discharge are discussed in order to establish guidelines for the analytical use of the afterglow for chemiluminescence reactions. The metastatic nitrogen efficiently transfers its energy to atomic and molecular species which are introduced into the gas phase and these excited species emit characteristic radiation. The effects of electrothermal atomization of Zn and the introduction of gaseous species (e.g., NO) on the afterglow are described.


2017 ◽  
Vol 348 ◽  
pp. 265-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Alonso-Fagúndez ◽  
M. Ojeda ◽  
R. Mariscal ◽  
J.L.G. Fierro ◽  
M. López Granados

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 623-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aparajeo Chattopadhyay ◽  
Vassileios C. Papadimitriou ◽  
Paul Marshall ◽  
James B. Burkholder

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 1744-1755 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Dice ◽  
Ronald P. Steer

The direct photolyses of thietane, 3-ethyl-2-propylthietane, and 3-methylthietane in the vapor phase, in solution, and in glassy matrices at low temperatures have been examined. The effects of varying the photolysis wavelength, the temperature, the pressure and the phase of the substrate, and of adding inert thermalizers on the nature and yields of the various products have been measured. The results are interpreted in terms of initial C—S cleavage to give a 1,4-biradical which may, in the gas phase, decompose or ring close before complete equilibration of the various rotamers is achieved, or which may be thermalized in condensed media and trapped in glassy matrices at low temperature.


1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 542-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Back ◽  
S. Yamamoto

The photolysis of glyoxylic acid vapour has been studied at five wavelengths, 382, 366, 346, 275, and 239 nm, and pressures from about 1 to 6 Torr, at a temperature of 355 K. Major products were CO2 and CH2O, initially formed in almost equal amounts, while minor products were CO and H2. Except at 382 nm, the system was complicated by the rapid secondary photolysis of CH2O. Three primary processes are suggested, each involving internal H-atom transfer followed by dissociation.The absorption spectrum is reported and shows the three distinct absorption systems. A finely-structured spectrum from about 320 to 400 nm is attributed to a transition to the first excited π* ← n+ singlet state; a more diffuse absorption ranging from about 290 nm to a maximum at 239 nm is assigned to the π* ← n− state, while a much stronger absorption beginning below 230 nm is attributed to the π* ← π transition. Product ratios vary with wavelength and depend on which excited state is involved.The thermal decomposition was studied briefly in a static system at temperatures from 470 to 710 K and pressures from 0.4 to 8 Torr. Major products were again CO2 and CH2O, but the latter was always less than stoichiometric. First-order rate constants for the apparently homogeneous formation of CO2 are described by Arrhenius parameters log A (s−1) = 7.80 and E = 30.8 kcal/mol. Carbon monoxide and H2 were minor products, and the CO/CO2 ratio increased with increasing temperature and showed some surface enhancement at lower temperatures. The SF6-sensitized thermal decomposition of glyoxylic acid, induced by a pulsed CO2 laser, was briefly studied, with temperatures estimated to be in the 1100–1600 K range, and the CO/CO2 ratio increased with increasing temperature, continuing the trend observed in the static system.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. Tardy ◽  
C. W. Larson ◽  
B. S. Rabinovitch

A technique is described for the study of collisional deexcitation of highly vibrationally excited polyatomic molecules by use of externally activated competitive unimolecular reaction systems. This method has some advantages and is illustrated by the decomposition of chemically activated hexyl-3 radicals in the presence of H2 and CF4 as heat bath molecules. The former removes ~1.2 kcal mole−1 per successful collision; while for the latter a value in excess of 4.6 kcal is found so that CF4 behaves operationally like a strong collider.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (32) ◽  
pp. 4077-4083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Tian ◽  
Yaoming Liu ◽  
Yingte Wang ◽  
Yong Zhang

Long-wavelength light emission has been garnering extensive attention in terms of strong tissue penetration ability and weak light scattering effects.


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