Rc-Decane

Polymerization was effected batch-wise in 600 ml. solvent at atmospheric pressure in a 1000-ml. three-necked flask provided with a stirrer and connected to a buret for catalyst and solvent supply. Isooctane (2,2,4-trimethylpentane) was used as the main polymerization solvent. About 7% of rc-decane was present in this solvent if the catalyst had been reduced at 170° C. 

Maaraui et al. [72] have investigated the thermal oxidation in rc-decane. The chain length was high, 1000—2000. They used inhibitors to investigate the mechanism of initiation and proposed the reaction... 

The compensation effect is observed log k0 = 8.6 + 0.352 a at 180°C. A termolecular initiation process was suggested for the oxidation of a-naphthol in rc-decane [218], but under conditions when a-naphthol was consumed by reaction with peroxy radicals as well as by reaction with 02. A bimolecular mechanism for this reaction in benzene and cyclohexane was established recently with the same rate coefficients for both solvents [217]. 

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