Use of External Radical Sources in Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis to Facilitate Cyclodehydrogenation Reactions in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Aaron W. Amick; Sara E. Martin

doi:10.1071/CH14289

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Use of External Radical Sources in Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis to Facilitate Cyclodehydrogenation Reactions in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Aaron W. Amick ^A ^B and Sara E. Martin ^A

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^A Department of Chemistry, Washington College, 300 Washington Ave., Chestertown, MD 21620, USA.

^B Corresponding author. Email: aamick2@washcoll.edu

Australian Journal of Chemistry 67(9) 1338-1343 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH14289
Submitted: 11 May 2014 Accepted: 12 May 2014 Published: 5 June 2014

Abstract

A new process to facilitate the cyclodehydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) using an external radical source is described. Using hexanes as an external radical source the conversion of various PAHs to their cyclodehydrogenated products is vastly increased. Various other volatile organic compounds were also examined to determine their ability to act as external radical sources in FVP.

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Use of External Radical Sources in Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis to Facilitate Cyclodehydrogenation Reactions in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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