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The role of t-butyl chloride as an intermediate in the hydrogen chloride catalysed decomposition of t-butyl isopropyl ether
- Source :
- Australian Journal of Chemistry. 26:767
- Publication Year :
- 1973
- Publisher :
- CSIRO Publishing, 1973.
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Abstract
- The possible formation of t-butyl chloride as an intermediate in the hydrogen chloride catalysed decomposition of t-butyl isopropyl ether according to the reactions is examined. Rates for t-butyl chloride decomposition and for the overall catalysed reaction are measured at 311�C and both a fourth-order Runge-Kutta method and Hamming's modified predictor-corrector method of numerical integration are used in computing the pressure-time curves due to the assumed reaction model using experi- mental values for k , and various assumed values for k2. It is found that no values for k2 can be found which generate the experimental curves and it is concluded that t-butyl chloride is not an intermediate of the reaction. If the hydrogen chloride catalysed decomposition of t-butyl isopropyl ether is typical of the family of catalysed decompo- sitions then alkyl halides generally have no role as intermediates.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00049425
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Australian Journal of Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5b95a54d12fd964c143ef3375ebf9bf7