High temperature chemistry of aromatic hydrocarbons

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5900415· OSTI ID:5900415

Scott, L T

We have not only gained new insight into the mechanism and generality of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) thermal automerization reactions, we have also uncovered several new high temperature reactions and added a third dimension to our program by applying high temperature chemistry to problems in organic synthesis. Our synthesis of corannulene has attracted much recent attention; however, we believe that the uncatalyzed cyclodehydrogenation reactions'' which form 5-membered rings and 6-membered rings at high temperatures may prove to be of greater general importance in the long term. This bias is reflected in the accompanying proposal.

• Research Organization: Nevada Univ., Reno, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG08-88ER13945
• OSTI ID: 5900415
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13945-3; ON: DE92005305
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ISOMERIZATION
ACTIVATION ENERGY
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHEMICAL PREPARATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
NMR SPECTRA
PROGRESS REPORT
REACTION INTERMEDIATES
STILBENE
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SPECTRA
SYNTHESIS
400201* - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties