Condensed aromatic hydrocarbons

Aroylbenzoic acids. Aromatic hydrocarbons condense with phthalic anhydride in the presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride producing aroylbenzoic acids in good yields ... 

Friedel and Crafts reaction. alkyl halide condenses with an aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride to yield, in the first instance, a hydrocarbon in accordance with the following scheme —... 

Condensed aromatic hydrocarbons may be brominated directly with bromine in the presence of a solvent, such as carbon tetrachloride ... 

Difluoronaphthalene [315-52-6] is prepared from 4-fluoro-l-naphthylarnine by the Balz-Schiemann reaction. 1,4-Difluoronaphthalene is used in chemical carcinogenesis studies as a synthon for highly condensed difluoro—polycycHc aromatic hydrocarbons (273). 

A wide variety of guest molecules may be trapped by the Wemer-type crystalline host lattice, ranging, eg, from noble gases to condensed aromatic hydrocarbons. These clathrates may be formed from solution or by sorption. Kinetics of sorption—desorption have been studied (83). 

The fused 3+ ring aromatics in petroleum include both cata- and peri-condensed stmctures (see Table 4, Fig. 8). The cata-condensed species are those stmctures where only one face is shared between rings, the peri-condensed molecules are those that share more than one face. The fused ring aromatics form the class of compounds known as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) which includes a number of recognized carcinogens in the 4+ ring family (33). Because of the potential health and environmental impact of PAH, these compounds have been studied extensively in petroleum. 

Coal tar is the condensation product obtained by cooling to approximately ambient temperature, the gas evolved in the destmctive distillation of coal. It is a black viscous Hquid denser than water and composed primarily of a complex mixture of condensed ring aromatic hydrocarbons. It may contain phenoHc compounds, aromatic nitrogen bases and their alkyl derivatives, and paraffinic and olefinic hydrocarbons. Coal-tar pitch is the residue from the distillation of coal tar. It is a black soHd having a softening point of 30—180°C (86—359°F). 

Oleoresinous varnishes Air drying and/or stoving Condensation and/or oxidative polymerisation Aliphatic and/or aromatic hydrocarbons Fair Bad Fair/good Poor Fair/good Pale-coloured finishes that yellow on exposure... 

Medium oil length alkyds Air drying and/or stoving Oxidative and/or condensation polymerisation Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons Fair Poor Fairly good Fair Very good ... 

Short oil length alkyds Stoving Condensation polymerisation Aromatic hydrocarbons Fair Fair Good Fairly good Very good ... 

Urea formaldehyde /alkyd blends Sloving Condensation polymerisation Aromatic hydrocarbons and alcohols Fairly good Fairly good Very good Good Fair Water white Gives white finishes of excellent colour... 

In the case of the aromatic hydrocarbons with condensed ring systems the state of affairs is quite similar. Thus the following structures have been proposed for naphthalene ... 

Branched polyesters contain oxalkylated primary fatty amines or oxalkyl-ated polyamines together with at least trivalent oxalkylated alkanol that is responsible for branching. The condensation is achieved with a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylic acid anhydride [216]. In this way, branched polyoxyalkylene mixed polyesters are formed. Suitable solvents are water or organic solvents, such as methanol, isopropanol, butanol, or aromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., toluene, xylene). 

Examples of the need for multimedia models are found in contemporary problem areas. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and metals are emitted into the atmosphere as trace impurities with the products of coal combustion. The organics have low vapor pressure and partially condense on emitted particulates in a stack plume. The particulates are transferred to the soil by dry deposition, rainout or washout. The metals manifest... 

These reactions do not occur at lower temperatures because of activation energy barriers and because H2 becomes the dominant form of hydrogen. Aromatic species are produced initially from acetylene via Diels-Alder type processes, in which a two-carbon and a four-carbon hydrocarbon condense into an aromatic species. Once PAHs are synthesized, they may continue to grow to form carbonaceous small grains. 

Hydrogen donors are, however, not the only important components of solvents in short contact time reactions. We have shown (4,7,16) that condensed aromatic hydrocarbons also promote coal conversion. Figure 18 shows the results of a series of conversions of West Kentucky 9,14 coal in a variety of process-derived solvents, all of which contained only small amounts of hydroaromatic hydrocarbons. The concentration of di- and polyaromatic ring structures were obtained by a liquid chromatographic technique (4c). It is interesting to note that a number of these process-derived solvents were as effective or were more effective than a synthetic solvent which contained 40% tetralin. The balance between the concentration of H-donors and condensed aromatic hydrocarbons may be an important criterion in adjusting solvent effectiveness at short times. 

Inokuchi, H., Shiba, S., Handa, T., Akamatsu, H. (1952) Heats of sublimation of condensed polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 25, 299-302. 

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