THE REACTION OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH HYDRAZINE

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 692-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Freeman ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Ammonia Production ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Secondary Reactions ◽  
Excited Nitrogen

Hydrazine was completely destroyed by active nitrogen, at both 150 °C. and 480 °C., up to a hydrazine flow rate of about 22 × 10−6 mole per sec., whereas ammonia production was small at hydrazine flow rates below about 12 × 10−6 mole per sec. Thus it appears that ammonia is formed in secondary reactions only. The results indicate that NH2 radicals rather than hydrogen atoms may be prominent in secondary reactions. Comparison of the rate of hydrazine destruction with the rate of production of hydrogen cyanide from ethylene indicates that excited nitrogen molecules do not make a large contribution to the chemical reactivity of active nitrogen.

THE REACTION OF HYDROGEN ATOMS WITH METHYL CYANIDE

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1814-1818 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Forst ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Discharge Tube ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Main Product ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Methyl Radicals ◽  
Methyl Radical ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Methyl Cyanide ◽  
Secondary Reactions

Hydrogen atoms produced in a discharge tube were found to react with methyl cyanide to produce hydrogen cyanide as the main product, together with smaller amounts of methane and ethane. The proposed mechanism involves the formation of hydrogen cyanide and a methyl radical in the initial step; methane and ethane are attributed to secondary reactions of the methyl radicals.

THE REACTIONS OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH ALKYL CHLORIDES

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1082 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Dunford ◽  
H. G. V. Evans ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Methyl Chloride ◽  
The Other ◽  
Alkyl Chloride ◽  
Initial Attack ◽  
Fast Reaction ◽  
Ethyl Vinyl ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Reactant Flow

The reactions of active nitrogen with methyl, ethyl, vinyl, propyl, and isopropyl chlorides yielded hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen chloride as the main products. Small amounts of cyanogen and a polymer were formed from all the halides, and all except methyl chloride also yielded small amounts of C2 and C3 hydrocarbons. The observed changes in amounts of products recovered with different reactant flow rates were characteristic of a fast reaction in which complete consumption of either reactant occurs when the other is present in excess. Mechanisms for the reactions are suggested on the basis that relatively long-lived complexes are formed in the initial attack of a nitrogen atom on the alkyl chloride.

scholarly journals THE REACTIONS OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH CHLOROMETHANES

1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1223-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Sobering ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Tetrachloride ◽  
Hydrogen Chloride ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Product Yields ◽  
Gaseous Products ◽  
Cyanogen Chloride ◽  
Limiting Values ◽  
Reactant Flow

Cyanogen chloride and chlorine were the only gaseous products observed in the reaction of active nitrogen with carbon tetrachloride at 110° and 420 °C. The product yields tended towards limiting values at higher reactant flow rates, and increased with increase of temperature at all flow rates. The reactions of active nitrogen with chloroform and dichloromethane at 260° and 420 °C yielded hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, and cyanogen, in addition to cyanogen chloride and chlorine. The behavior of the product yields with reactant flow rates and temperature was similar to that of the products from carbon tetrachloride.

THE RATE OF REACTION OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH AMMONIA AND ETHYLENE

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Wright ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Rate Constant ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Atom Concentration ◽  
Initial Flow ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Rate Of Reaction ◽  
Excited Nitrogen

The rate constants for the reactions of C2H4 and NH3 are determined by termination of the reactions in the gas phase after different times of reaction. The average value for the rate constant of the N atom–C2H4 reaction at 150 °C is 1.8 × 1010 cc mole−1 sec−1, when the initial N-atom concentration is determined from the maximum production of HCN. The average value for the rate constant for the over-all reaction of NH3 with excited nitrogen molecules, at 104 °C in the "poisoned" system, and 83 °C in the "unpoisoned" system, for low initial flow rates of NH3, or short reaction time, is 2.2 × 1010 cc mole−1 sec−1. The decrease in value of this rate constant at higher initial flow rates of NH3 and longer reaction times in the "poisoned" system indicates that the species responsible for NH3 decomposition is generated during the decay of N atoms in the presence of NH3. The value for the NH3 reaction is discussed in terms of energy transfer.

THE REACTION OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH METHANOL

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1097-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Sole ◽  
P. A. Gartaganis
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Flow System ◽  
Main Reaction ◽  
Kcal Mole ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Steric Factors ◽  
Additional Water ◽  
Fast Flow ◽  
Methane Carbon

The reaction of active nitrogen with methanol has been investigated at several temperatures in the range 30 to 480 °C using a fast-flow system. The only condensable products found in appreciable amounts were water and hydrogen cyanide. The overall activation energy is 3.0 and 3.2 kcal/mole and the steric factors 1.3 × 10−3 and 2.1 × 10−3 for streamline and turbulent flow respectively.It is postulated that the mechanism consists of the initial formation of a collision complex, [NCH3OH], which breaks down to two fragments, NCH3 and OH, from which the two condensable products are formed,[Formula: see text]Attack of the methanol molecules by hydrogen atoms resulting from the main reaction occurs to a lesser extent and is responsible for the production of small quantities of methane, carbon monoxide, and additional water.

THE REACTION OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH PROPANE

1954 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Onyszchuk ◽  
L. Breitman ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Main Product ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Steric Factor ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Order Rate

The reaction of nitrogen atoms with propane has been found to produce hydrogen cyanide as the main product, together with smaller amounts of acetylene, ethylene, and ethane, which were recovered at all propane flow rates. Complete consumption of nitrogen atoms was not attained at any propane flow rate used at 63 °C, but was attained at 250 °C for ratios of propane to nitrogen atoms greater than 1.3. An activation energy of 5.6 ± 0.6 kcal. and a steric factor between 10−2 and 10−3 was estimated from second order rate constants.

scholarly journals THE REACTIONS OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH ACETYLENE, METHYLACETYLENE, AND DIMETHYLACETYLENE

1959 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-659 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Schavo ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Linear Increase ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Polymer Formation

Hydrogen cyanide was the main nitrogen-containing product of all three reactions, but whereas only about one-half the available active nitrogen was converted to product in the acetylene reaction, the conversion by methyl- and dimethyl-acetylene was substantially complete. A faster-than-linear increase of HCN production with acetylene flow rate was observed at low flow rates. Similar behavior was just perceptible in the corresponding curve for methylacetylene, while no observable inflection was present with dimethylacetylene. Polymer formation was pronounced with acetylene, less so with methylacetylene, and practically absent with dimethylacetylene. Small amounts of cyanogen resulted from all three reactions, while condensable hydrocarbons were obtained in significant yields from the methyl- and dimethyl-acetylene reactions only at higher flow rates of the alkynes.

The reaction of atomic hydrogen with methyl cyanide

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (23) ◽  
pp. 3619-3622 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. S. Jamieson ◽  
G. R. Brown ◽  
J. S. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Electric Discharge ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Methyl Cyanide ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Minor Extent

The reaction of hydrogen atoms, produced by electric discharge, with methyl cyanide vapor has been reinvestigated at seven different temperatures between 40 and 507 °C over a range of methyl cyanide flow rates from 2 to 25 μmoles/s. As in the previous limited investigation the products have been found to be hydrogen cyanide, methane, and ethane, but the present results indicate the presence of chain characteristics to a minor extent, propagated by CN. Kinetic parameters for formation of the products have been evaluated, as kHCN = 3.55 × 10−12 e−5816/RT; [Formula: see text]; and [Formula: see text].

THE REACTIONS OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH METHANE AND ETHANE

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 1457-1463 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Gartaganis ◽  
C. A. Winkler
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Hydrogen Cyanide ◽  
Induction Effect ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Active Nitrogen ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Methane Flow Rate ◽  
Methane Flow

Reinvestigation of the active nitrogen – methane reaction in the temperature range 45° to 500 °C. has confirmed hydrogen cyanide as the only product, other than hydrogen, formed in measurable amounts. An “induction” effect in the hydrogen cyanide production was observed with increase of methane flow rate. This induction decreased with increase of temperature and was shown to be due to concomitant hydrogen atom reactions, since it could be eliminated by addition of hydrogen atoms to the reaction mixture. Reinvestigation of the active nitrogen – ethane reaction over the temperature range −100° to 475 °C. also confirmed hydrogen cyanide to be the only measurable product, other than hydrogen, of that reaction. There was some indication that an induction effect was present with ethane, as with methane, and it may be concluded tentatively that both reactions are carried substantially by hydrogen atom reactions.

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