Vinylacetylene synthesis with a low energy submerged carbon arc in n-hexane: Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures: Vol 29, No 12
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Vinylacetylene synthesis with a low energy submerged carbon arc in n-hexane: Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures: Vol 29, No 12


Summary

A low energy carbon arc (12–18 W) struck between two graphite electrodes submerged in n-hexane has produced selectively vinylacetylene as the principle product. Vinylacetylene was recognized by its digital absorption spectrum, the HPLC-DAD evaluation and its precipitation as silver vinylacetylide. The HPLC evaluation has revealed that the principle by-product accompanying vinylacetylene is 1,3-butadiene and small quantities of diacetylene and divinylacetylene. The formation of different vital by-products detected utilizing additionally GC-MS (e.g., indene, naphthalene and a few others) had been mentioned additionally in an astrochemical perspective. In distinction, the next energy submerged carbon arc in n-hexane struck at 108–216 W, yields an ample combination of polyynes accompanied by PAHs by-products. Within the two arc regimes two mechanism are efficient in producing selectively totally different merchandise. Within the low energy arc regime, vinylacetylene is shaped by the pyrolysis of acetylene primarily produced from n-hexane cracking within the arc. Chemical thermodynamics arguments additionally clarify the vinylacetylene formation in low energy arc situations and diacetylene (and better polyynes) in the next energy arc situations.

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