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Title: Photocatalytic conversions of ethanol, initiated by processes of electron phototransfer, in alkoxide-chloride complexes of titanium (in Russian)

Journal Article · · Theor. Exp. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00525303· OSTI ID:6151101

A study has been made of the composition of reaction mixtures obtained in the process of photocatalytic formation of molecular hydrogen in ethanol solutions of titanium tetrachloride. It has been established that this process is accompanied by reactions of oxidation and decomposition of the ethanol molecules. Methane, ethane, acetaldehyde, and ethyl chloride have been identified. Kinetic relationships have been found for the formation of these compounds, and the quantum yields have been determined. In the initial stage of irradiation, CH/sub 4/, C/sub 2/H/sub 6/, and CH/sub 3/CHO are obtained. In the second stage, when most of the titanium ions are already in the /sup +/3 state of oxidation, the formation of methane and acetaldehyde ends, and H/sub 2/ and C/sub 2/H/sub 6/ become the main products. Possible reasons for the change in composition of the photolysis products are examined, and the basic features of the mechanism of this photocatalytic process are discussed.

Research Organization:
L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, Kiev, USSR
OSTI ID:
6151101
Journal Information:
Theor. Exp. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 22:1; Other Information: Translated from Teor. Eksp. Khim.; 22: No. 1, 44-51(Jan-Feb 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
Russian

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