Aliphatic hydrocarbons methane

NMe is now commercially available and is prepd by the vapor phase nitration of methane at a ratio of 9 moles of methane to I mole of nitric acid at 475° and a residence time of 0.18sec (Ref 12) or by the similar nitration of aliphatic hydrocarbons (Ref 8). Other prepns are from Me sulfate and Na nitrite (Ref 26) by the oxidn of Me amine with dinitrogen trioxide in the gas phase or in methylene chloride, yield 27%... 

Poly sulfide Polymers. These polymers are made up of aliphatic hydrocarbon units connected by di-, tri- or tetrasulfide links. The synthetic rubber found useful in ordn has hydrocarbon units linked by either O or formal segments. The polymers are usually prepd by the condensation of a suitable organic dihalide, usually the chloride, with aq Na polysulfide. According to Ref 8, the most practical organic dichloride is dichlorodiethylformal viz, Bis[ 2[Pg.827]

Oldenhuis R, RLJM Vink, DB Janssen, B Witholt (1989) Degradation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b expressing soluble methane monooxygenase. Appl Environ... 

It is only in a few cases that the limits of inflammability of a vapour mixture can be calculated, thanks to the limits of inflammability of the components in the pure state of a mixture. In fact, Le Chatelier s law only applies to mixtures of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and to two or three other mixtures of inorganic substances (CO, H2) alone or with methane. 

The reaction 0(3P) + C2H2 plays a key role not only in the combustion of acetylene itself,53 but also in the overall mechanism for hydrocarbon combustion, since acetylene is an important intermediate in the combustion of methane, larger aliphatic hydrocarbons, and aromatics.54-57 There are two energetically-allowed channels ... 

Moreover, sp3 C-H bond activation is one of the most significant subjects because aliphatic hydrocarbons including methane exist abundantly in nature. 

Even aliphatic hydrocarbons are susceptible to oxidative carbonylation. From an industrial point of view, the most important process concerns the direct conversion of methane into acetic acid. This transformation has been achieved with Rh(III)-based catalysts using oxygen as the oxidizing agent [149-153], and it is still object of investigations aimed at developing more efficient catalytic systems working under mild conditions. 

Paraffin (alkane) one of a series of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, the lowest numbers of which are methane, ethane, and propane. The higher homologs are solid waxes. 

Table 22.1), which has been modified by appropriate substitutions to yield the desired molecule. Thus, aliphatic hydrocarbons can be built up from methane by repeated substitutions of methyl groups for hydrogen atoms. Other compounds are formed by substitution of functional groups for CHn groups. The heat capacity constants are those for a cubic polynomial in the temperature, which are similar to those discussed in Chapter 4. 

Organic solids have received much attention in the last 10 to 15 years especially because of possible technological applications. Typically important aspects of these solids are superconductivity (of quasi one-dimensional materials), photoconducting properties in relation to commercial photocopying processes and photochemical transformations in the solid state. In organic solids formed by nonpolar molecules, cohesion in the solid state is mainly due to van der Waals forces. Because of the relatively weak nature of the cohesive forces, organic crystals as a class are soft and low melting. Nonpolar aliphatic hydrocarbons tend to crystallize in approximately close-packed structures because of the nondirectional character of van der Waals forces. Methane above 22 K, for example, crystallizes in a cubic close-packed structure where the molecules exhibit considerable rotation. The intermolecular C—C distance is 4.1 A, similar to the van der Waals bonds present in krypton (3.82 A) and xenon (4.0 A). Such close-packed structures are not found in molecular crystals of polar molecules. 

Alkalsit is a Ger blasting expi which is described in PATR 2510(1958), p Ger 3 Alkanes, Nitrated Derivatives (Nitrated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons). The first nitro-alkane described in the literature was 1,2-dinitroethane, prepd in Russia by A.Semenov. Since then hundreds of nitroalkanes, some of them explosive, were obtained. The reference given below describes old and new methods of prepn of nitro alkanes. Most of expl nitro alkanes are described in this dictionary under their parent names, such as methane, ethane, propane, etc Ref 0. vonSchickh, AngewChem 62, 547-56 (1950)(Chemie und Technologie der Nitro-alkane)... 

Chang, H.-L., and L. Alvarez-Cohen, Biodegradation of individual and multiple chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons of methane-oxidizing cultures , Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 62, 3371-3377 (1996). 

In the production of carbon tetrachloride, chlorination is carried out in excess chlorine. The lower-boiling, partially chlorinated products then enter into a series of reactors where they react with added chlorine to achieve almost full chlorination of methane. In another process called chlorinolysis, higher aliphatic hydrocarbons undergo exhaustive chlorination at pyrolytic temperature (>600°C).177 182 183 Under such conditions carbon-carbon bond fission and simultaneous chlorination occur. Aliphatic hydrocarbon wastes are the preferred feedstock, as they react with about 20% excess chlorine. 

Hydrocarbon - An organic chemical compound containing the elements carbon and hydrogen. Aliphatic hydrocarbons are straight chain compounds and aromatic hydrocarbons are based on the cyclic or benzene ring. They may be gaseous, (methane, ethylene, butadiene) liquid (hexane, benzene) or solid (natural rubber, naphthalene, cis-polybutadiene). 

Most artificial gases, such as producer gas. coal gas. water gas. manufactured gas. and town gas contain a high content of methane. In addition to its use as a basic chemical and fuel, methane is of notable interest because of its role as the anchor compound of the alkanes (paraffin or aliphatic hydrocarbons). All of these compounds may be considered derivatives of methane. 

PARAFFIN. (1) Also called alkane. A class of aliphatic hydrocarbons characterized by a straight or branched carbon chain generic formula CBH2n+2- Their physical form varies with increasing molecular weight from gases (methane) to waxy solids. They occur principally in Pennsylvania and mid-continent petroleum. (2) Paraffin Wax. 

Similar to the reforming of methane, the major product of aliphatic hydrocarbons reforming is syngas, although some dehydrogenated products such as olefins and alkynes may also be formed. Futamura et al. [49-51] reported the C02 reforming... 

Another possibility for achieving attractive interactions due to fluorination could be provided by partial fluorination of aliphatic hydrocarbons. If H and F are combined at one C atom the highly polar nature of the C-F bond can cause polarization of the C-H bond at the same carbon, thus enabling attractive interactions with fluorine atoms at neighboring molecules. For example, difluoromethane has a significantly higher boiling point (—52°C) than either methane (—161°C) or tetrafluoromethane (—128°C) [59, 421],... 

Chlorination of methane and higher aliphatic hydrocarbons is also used to manufacture carbon tetrachloride. 

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