Organic Oxygen Compounds

Organic compound + oxygen — carbon dioxide + water - - possible other products... 

During radiolysis of organic compounds, oxygen can also act as an electron scavenger ... 

Petroleum is a naturally occurring oily, flammable liquid composed principally of hydrocarbons (50-98%) with the remainder consisting of organic compounds, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and traces of metal salts. Petroleum is usually found beneath the earth s surface and occasionally in pools above the surface. Unrefined petroleum is called crude oil. Petroleum is separated by distillation into the following four major fractions ... 

Surface cleaning via atmospheric plasma techniques reduces organic contamination on the surface in the form of residues, anti-oxidants, carbon residues, and other organic compounds. Oxygen-based atmospheric plasmas in particular are effective in removing organics whereby mono-atomic oxygen (0", 0 ) reacts with... 

The fluids contained within petroleum accumulations are mixtures of organic compounds, which are mostly hydrocarbons (molecules composed of hydrogen and carbon atoms), but may also include sulphur, nitrogen, oxygen and metal compounds. This section will concentrate on the hydrocarbons, but will explain the significance of the other compounds in the processing of the fluids. 

There are a total of eighteen different hydrocarbon series, of which the most common constituents of crude oil have been presented - the alkanes, cycloalkanes, and the arenes. The more recent classifications of hydrocarbons are based on a division of the hydrocarbons in three main groups alkanes, naphthanes and aromatics, along with the organic compounds containing the non-hydrocarbon atoms of sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen. 

Oxygen, which is very reactive, is a component of hundreds of thousands of organic compounds and combines with most elements. 

Because of it has great affinity for oxygen, the metal is used as a "getter" in electron tubes. It is also used in photoelectric cells, as well as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of certain organic compounds. 

In many acids the acidic proton is bonded to oxygen Such compounds can be con sidered as derivatives of water Among organic compounds the ones most closely related to water are alcohols Most alcohols are somewhat weaker acids than water methanol IS slightly stronger... 

The melting points and boiling points of carboxylic acids are higher than those of hydro carbons and oxygen containing organic compounds of comparable size and shape and indicate strong mtermolecular attractive forces... 

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