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Fundamental reaction pathways during coprocessing

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5221542

Deuterium incorporation into Lloydminster resid and asphaltene was accomplished via acid and base-catalyzed hydrogen-deuterium exchange reactions. More specifically, the acid-catalyzed exchanged reaction was carried out with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-d (triflic acid-d). The acid-catalyzed deuteration of Lloydminster resid was measured by {sup 2}H NMR spectroscopy and the results are presented in Table 1. The base-catalyzed exchange reaction was carried out with Lochmann's Base. As shown in Figure III and Table III, Lochmann's Base Catalyzes the H-D exchange of a wide variety of protons, principally benzylic, substituted benzylic and highly-branched alkyl protons. Lloydminster asphaltene was successfully methylated with the use of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide as base and carbon-13-labeled methyl iodide as alkylating agent. {sup 13}C NMR spectroscopy indicate that the resid was methylated at oxygen.

Research Organization:
Chicago Univ., IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-88PC88811
OSTI ID:
5221542
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/88811-T10; ON: DE92015407
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English