Dehydrogenation and Dehydration of Ethyl Alcohol over a Polynaphthoquinone containing various amounts of FeCl3: Selectivity of Formation of Acetaldehyde, Ethylene and Diethyl Ether
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1974
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Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I. The Chemical Society, London. 1974, 70 (1-6)
Abstract
The decomposition of ethyl alcohol over polynaphthoquinones with various amounts of FeClj
in the temperature range from 150 to 230°C is reported. Adsorption of ethyl alcohol on poly
naphthoquinones containing FcC13 is of a Langmuir type, ethyl alcohol being adsorbed selectively
on the FeCIj. The mechanism and the selectivity of the formation of acetaldehyde, ethylene and
diethyl ether are discussed in detail. The relative ratio of the formation of diethyl ether to ethylene
in the dehydration is markedly affected by the FeCl3 content of the catalysts.
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Chemistry, Dehydrogenation, Dehydration of Ethyl Alcohol, Polynaphthoquinone, Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday Transaction - I