KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF THE THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF ACETALDEHYDE: I. THE UNINHIBITED REACTION

1964 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1851-1860 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Eusuf ◽  
K. J. Laidler

The kinetics of the uninhibited decomposition of acetaldehyde have been reexamined. The initial rates of the decomposition of pure acetaldehyde show strict three-halves-order dependence at temperatures from 480 to 525 °C, and the activation energy is 47.6 kcal per mole. Foreign gases, which decrease the rate of reaction, cause a significant increase in order. The rate of ethane formation is second order in acetaldehyde, and Trenwith has found the hydrogen formation to be second order in acetaldehyde. The results are shown to be consistent only with a mechanism involving second-order initiation and the third-order reaction 2CH3 + M → C2H6 + M as the terminating step. The rate of the initiation process is increased only to a small extent by the addition of inert foreign gases; it is suggested that the initial process may be CH3CHO + CH3CHO → CH3CHOH + CH3CO, with a subsequent breakdown of CH3CHOH into CH3CHO + H. The mechanism is shown to account for the overall kinetic behavior and for the formation of the minor products.

1983 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 3279-3286
Author(s):  
Slavko Hudeček ◽  
Miloslav Bohdanecký ◽  
Ivana Hudečková ◽  
Pavel Špaček ◽  
Pavel Čefelín

The reaction between hexamethylenediisocyanate and 1-pentanol in toluene was studied by means of reversed-phase liquid chromatography. By employing this method, it was possible to determine all components of the reaction mixture including both products, i.e. N-(6-isocyanate hexyl)pentylcarbamate and N,N'-bis(pentyloxycarbonyl)hexamethylenediamine. Relations for the calculation of kinetic constants were derived assuming a competitive consecutive second-order reaction. It was demonstrated that the reaction involved in this case is indeed a second-order reaction, and the rate constants of the first and second consecutive reactions were determined.


2009 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis N. Kevill ◽  
Byoung-Chun Park ◽  
Jin Burm Kyong

The kinetics of nucleophilic substitution reactions of 1-(phenoxycarbonyl)pyridinium ions, prepared with the essentially non-nucleophilic/non-basic fluoroborate as the counterion, have been studied using up to 1.60 M methanol in acetonitrile as solvent and under solvolytic conditions in 2,2,2-trifluoroethan-1-ol (TFE) and its mixtures with water. Under the non- solvolytic conditions, the parent and three pyridine-ring-substituted derivatives were studied. Both second-order (first-order in methanol) and third-order (second-order in methanol) kinetic contributions were observed. In the solvolysis studies, since solvent ionizing power values were almost constant over the range of aqueous TFE studied, a Grunwald–Winstein equation treatment of the specific rates of solvolysis for the parent and the 4-methoxy derivative could be carried out in terms of variations in solvent nucleophilicity, and an appreciable sensitivity to changes in solvent nucleophilicity was found.


Author(s):  
lon Ganescu ◽  
George Bratulescu ◽  
Ion Papa ◽  
Anca Ganescu ◽  
Alin Barbu ◽  
...  

Salvation kinetics of [Cr(NCS)4(imidazole)2]- has been studied in ethanol-water mixtures at different temperatures. The first stage of the solvation consists of two competitive reactions: two NCS- ions are exchanged, presumably, by water molecules and simultaneously an imidazole molecule by ethanol, the latter in a second-order reaction, accelerated by hydrogen ions. The exchange of the amine is followed by the substitution of the first two NCS- ions. The third and fourth NCS- ions are substituted only in neutral and slightly acidic solutions. Kinetic parameters have been determined for reactions (1), (2), and (4). The influence of the solvent composition and acidity is discussed


2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-346
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal

Algorithms using the second order of B -splines [B (x)] and the third order of B -splines [B,3(x)] are derived to solve 1' , 2nd and 3rd linear Fredholm integro-differential equations (F1DEs). These new procedures have all the useful properties of B -spline function and can be used comparatively greater computational ease and efficiency.The results of these algorithms are compared with the cubic spline function.Two numerical examples are given for conciliated the results of this method.


2000 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 857-866
Author(s):  
Mladjen Micevic ◽  
Slobodan Petrovic

The alcoholysis of 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl-methylfluorophosphonate (soman) was examined with a series of alkoxides and in corresponding alcohols: methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 2-methoxyethanol and 2-ethoxyethanol. Soman reacts with the used alkoxides in a second order reaction, first order in each reactant. The kinetics of the reaction between 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl-methylfluorophosphonate and ethanol in the presence of diethylenetriamine was also examined. A third order reaction rate constant was calculated, first order in each reactant. The activation energy, frequency factor and activation entropy were determined on the basis of the kinetic data.


1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (02) ◽  
pp. 83-91
Author(s):  
X. M. Wang ◽  
M. L. Spaulding

A two-dimensional potential flow model is formulated to predict the wave field and forces generated by a sere!submerged body in forced heaving motion. The potential flow problem is solved on a boundary fitted coordinate system that deforms in response to the motion of the free surface and the heaving body. The full nonlinear kinematic and dynamic boundary conditions are used at the free surface. The governing equations and associated boundary conditions are solved by a second-order finite-difference technique based on the modified Euler method for the time domain and a successive overrelaxation (SOR) procedure for the spatial domain. A series of sensitivity studies of grid size and resolution, time step, free surface and body grid redistribution schemes, convergence criteria, and free surface body boundary condition specification was performed to investigate the computational characteristics of the model. The model was applied to predict the forces generated by the forced oscillation of a U-shaped cylinder. Numerical model predictions are generally in good agreement with the available second-order theories for the first-order pressure and force coefficients, but clearly show that the third-order terms are larger than the second-order terms when nonlinearity becomes important in the dimensionless frequency range 1≤ Fr≤ 2. The model results are in good agreement with the available experimental data and confirm the importance of the third order terms.


Although there are few gaseous reactions of more fundamental interest than the union of hydrogen and oxygen, it can hardly be said that the kinetics of this combination are at all completely understood. Many investigations have been made of the catalytic reaction which occurs in contact with various surfaces, and of the phenomena accompanying the production of flame or explosion in the gas. Little is known about the conditions governing the rate of the actual chemical change in the gas phase, because although flames and explosions depend very much upon these they are determined by a great many other factors as well. In 1899 Bodenstein, following up some work initiated by Victor Meyer, made a long series of experiments by streaming mixtures of the two gases through porcelain vessels, heated to a constant temperature, and then analysing the products. He came to the conclusion that the reaction is of the third order, following the equation d [H 2 O]/ dt = k [H 2 ] 2 [O 2 ]. Since the rate of combination was very different in different vessels, he inferred that the reaction was taking place almost entirely on the surface of the vessel.


The main recombination reactions in the sulphur dioxide afterglow are shown to be O + SO 2 + M = SO 3 + M (1) and O + SO + M = SO 2 + M , (2) with rate constants of (4·7 ± 0·8) x 10 15 and (3·2 ± 0·4) x 10 17 cm 6 mole -2 s -1 respectively at 300°K for M = Ar. Reaction (2) is the dominant process removing sulphur monoxide (SO) which is otherwise remarkably unreactive. The absolute intensity of the sulphur dioxide afterglow is found to be I = 1·5 x 10 8 [O] [SO] cm 3 mole -1 s -1 for argon carriers at pressures between 0·25 an d 3·0 mmHg. The afterglow emission comes from three excited states of SO 2 . Spectroscopic and kinetic studies show that these are populated subsequent to or by the third order combination reaction (2). Excited SO 2 is removed mainly by electronic quenching.


Analysis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Hashem Zahran

The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly we carry out a modification of the finite volume WENO (weighted essentially non-oscillatory) scheme of Titarev and Toro [14] and [15].This modification is done by using two fluxes as building blocks in spatially fifth order WENO schemes instead of the second order TVD flux proposed by Titarev and Toro [14] and [15]. These fluxes are the second order TVD flux [19] and the third order TVD flux [20].Secondly, we propose to use these fluxes as a building block in spatially seventh order WENO schemes. The numerical solution is advanced in time by the third order TVD Runge–Kutta method. A way to extend these schemes to general systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws, in one and two dimension is presented. Systematic assessment of the proposed schemes shows substantial gains in accuracy and better resolution of discontinuities, particularly for problems involving long time evolution containing both smooth and non-smooth features.


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