Isobutane reaction kinetics analysis results

The selectivity problem has hardly been treated by kinetic analysis. Recently Bourne published a detailed kinetic selectivity study on the aldehyde formation [106b]. The activation energy required for the formation of n- and isobutanal was determined to be 54 and 82 kJ/mol, respectively. The reaction rate models r and /"iso (eqs. (9) and (10)) explained the observed n/i ratios at different reaction conditions within 8 % standard deviation from the experimental results. 

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