THE EXCHANGE OF DEUTERIUM WITH METHANOL OVER RANEY NICKEL CATALYST AND THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN NITRO COMPOUNDS UPON THE EXCHANGE

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1960 · Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01500a028· OSTI ID:4161933

Smith, H A; Stewart, B B

Deuterium gas exchanges slowly with liquid methanol over Raney nickel catalyst at 35 deg . The reaction is zero order with respect to deuterium pressure and has a low activation energy. The influences of catalyst weight, catalyst treatment, and of the presence of certain nitro compounds were studied. Since active Raney nickel can liberate hydrogen directly, a method for determining the origin of hydrogen which undergoes exchange with the deuterium gas was developed. It was shown that the exchanged hydrogen does originate from the hydroxyl hydrogen of methanol. The results are discussed in the light of the mechanism of catalytic exchange and catalytic hydrogenation reactions. (auth)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-14-022822
• OSTI ID: 4161933
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society (U.S.) Vol. Vol: 82; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CATALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DEUTERIUM
HYDROGEN
HYDROGENATION
HYDROXIDES
ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE
METHANOL
NICKEL
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
REACTION KINETICS