Investigation of mechanisms of hydrogen transfer in coal hydrogenation. Quarterly progress report, January--March 1977

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6642686· OSTI ID:6642686

Cronauer, D. C.; Jewell, D. M.

In the study of hydrogen-transfer reactions, experimentation with the dibenzyl/tetralin system in a nitrogen atmosphere is complete. Data are being reduced to a form to develop a kinetic model of the reaction. Dibenzyl was converted quantitatively to toluene. As a side reaction, much of the tetralin was rearranged to methyl indane. The conversion rate of dibenzyl did not appear to be affected by the type of donor solvent, namely dimethyl tetralin, octahydrophenanthrene, and even decalin. In addition, the conversion rate of dibenzyl was the same when an inert solvent, mesitylene, was used with a hydrogen atmosphere. Experimentation with tagged compounds is under way, but analytical data are not yet available.

• Research Organization: Gulf Research and Development Co., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6642686
• Report Number(s): FE-2305-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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