Ethylene oxide, decomposition hydration

OSHA PEL TWA 2 mg(Sn)/m3 ACGIH TLV IW A 2 mg(SnVm3 SAFETY PROFILE Poison by ingestion, intraperitoneal, intravenous, and subcutaneous routes. Experimental reproductive effects. Human mutation data reported. Potentially explosive reaction with metal nitrates. Violent reactions with hydrogen peroxide, ethylene oxide, hydra2ine hydrate, nitrates, K, Na. Ignition on contact with bromine trifluoride. A vigorous reaction with calcium acetylide is initiated by flame. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Cl. See also TIN COMPOUNDS. 

Ethyl chloride can be dehydrochlorinated to ethylene using alcohoHc potash. Condensation of alcohol with ethyl chloride in this reaction also produces some diethyl ether. Heating to 625°C and subsequent contact with calcium oxide and water at 400—450°C gives ethyl alcohol as the chief product of decomposition. Ethyl chloride yields butane, ethylene, water, and a soHd of unknown composition when heated with metallic magnesium for about six hours in a sealed tube. Ethyl chloride forms regular crystals of a hydrate with water at 0°C (5). Dry ethyl chloride can be used in contact with most common metals in the absence of air up to 200°C. Its oxidation and hydrolysis are slow at ordinary temperatures. Ethyl chloride yields ethyl alcohol, acetaldehyde, and some ethylene in the presence of steam with various catalysts, eg, titanium dioxide and barium chloride. 

As it was not known what kind of organic matter acts as the major ligand for chromium in seawater, Nakayama et al. [38] used ethylene diaminetetra-acetic acid (EDTA) and 8-quinolinol-4-sulfuric acid to examine the collection and decomposition of organic chromium species, because these ligands form quite stable water-soluble complexes with chromium (III), although they are not actually present in seawater. Both of these chromium (III) chelates are stable in seawater at pH 8.1 and are hardly collected with either of the hydrated oxides. The organic chromium species were then decomposed to inorganic... 

The reaction chemistry of simple organic molecules in supercritical (SC) water can be described by heterolytic (ionic) mechanisms when the ion product 1 of the SC water exceeds 10" and by homolytic (free radical) mechanisms when <<10 1 . For example, in SC water with Kw>10-11 ethanol undergoes rapid dehydration to ethylene in the presence of dilute Arrhenius acids, such as 0.01M sulfuric acid and 1.0M acetic acid. Similarly, 1,3 dioxolane undergoes very rapid and selective hydration in SC water, producing ethylene glycol and formaldehyde without catalysts. In SC methanol the decomposition of 1,3 dioxolane yields 2 methoxyethanol, il lustrating the role of the solvent medium in the heterolytic reaction mechanism. Under conditions where K klO"11 the dehydration of ethanol to ethylene is not catalyzed by Arrhenius acids. Instead, the decomposition products include a variety of hydrocarbons and carbon oxides. 

CESIUM HYDRATE (21351-79-1) An extremely strong base. Violent reaction with acids, acetaldehyde, 2-butyne-l,4-diol, epichlorohydrin, glycidol. Incompatible with organic anhydrides, acrylates, alcohols, aldehydes, alkylene oxides, substituted allyls, cellulose nitrate, cresols, caprolactam solution, ethylene dichloride, isocyanates, ketones, glycols, nitrates, phenols, tyrothricin, vinyl acetate. Exothermic decomposition with maleic anhydride. Increases the explosive sensitivity of nitromethane. Attacks metals, including aluminum, copper, lead, tin, zinc. 

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