Oxidation and Decarboxylation. A Reaction Sequence for the Study of Aromatic Structural Elements in Pocahontas No. 3 Coal
Oxidation and Decarboxylation. A Reaction Sequence for the Study of Aromatic Structural Elements in Pocahontas No. 3 Coal
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DOI:
10.1021/ef960229t
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发表时间:
1997-09
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影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
L. Stock;M. Obeng
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作者:
L. Stock;M. Obeng
Oxygen in basic solution has been used to oxidize Pocahontas No. 3 coal to a mixture of aromatic carboxylic acids, and copper(I) oxide in N-methylpyrrolidinone−quinoline has been used to decarboxylate the acids to provide a mixture of hydrocarbons. Most pendant alkyl groups have been removed in this sequence and the product distribution is much less complex than the product distributions that are obtained in direct oxidation reactions or in the analysis of coal liquids and extracts. Approximately 25% of the aromatic carbon atoms are retained in the products. The structures of these compounds have been investigated by gas chromatography−mass spectrometry and by high-resolution and laser desorption mass spectrometry. Approximately 150 compounds were detected in the GCMS experiments including a broad array of bi-, ter-, and quateraryls, fluorene and fluoranthene derivatives, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with four, five, and six rings, dibenzo- and dinaphthofurans, and dibenzo- and dinaphthothiophenes. Hi...