(Alkane photoreactions with mercury vapor): (Progress report)

Technical Report · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6626162

Crabtree, R H

We have learned how to make methane take part in our vapor phase mercury photosensitized dehydrodimerization reactions. Methane has too strong a C-H bond for it to be able to react under the usual conditions. We have found that the addition of N/sub 2/O/MeOH allows reaction with methane and with other substrates having strong C-H bonds. We now have a good mechanistic understanding of the reaction, and can predict the product distributions to be expected for the reactions of simple alkanes.

• Research Organization: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-84ER13297
• OSTI ID: 6626162
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13297-1; ON: DE89003354
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ALKANES
CHEMICAL BONDS
CHEMICAL REACTION YIELD
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DIMERIZATION
DIMERS
DISSOCIATION ENERGY
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MERCURY
METALS
METHANE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
POLYMERIZATION
PROGRESS REPORT
VAPORS
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