Coal solubilization through c-alkylation

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA)

OSTI ID:6859587

Chatterjee, K; Miyake, M; Stock, L M ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (USA)

C-Alkylation is an attractive process for the disruption of the intermolecular polarization forces that contribute to the binding of coal molecules in the solid state (1,2). This contribution concerns the use of a powerfully basic reaction system that consists of a 1:1 mixture of n-butyllithium and potassium t-butoxide, super base, to promote the C-alkylation reaction of coal with an alkyl halide (3). This choice was prompted by the work of Bates and his coworkers who showed that dimethylphenol was readily converted to diethylanisole with n-butylithium-potassium t-butoxide and methyl iodide (4).

• OSTI ID: 6859587
• Report Number(s): CONF-900402--
• Journal Information: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA), Journal Name: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA) Vol. 35:1; ISSN 0569-3772; ISSN ACFPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010405* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Hydrogenation & Liquefaction
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKYLATION
BASES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL LIQUEFACTION
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LIQUEFACTION
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCEEDINGS
SOLUBILITY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES