Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatics

Butler, J. D., and P. Crossley, "Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Adsorbed on Soot Particles, Atmos. Environ., 15, 91-94 (1981). 

Nielsen, T., Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons towards Nitrating Species, Environ. Sci, Technol., 18, 157-163 (1984). 

Pitts, J. N., Jr., H.-R. Paur, B. Zielinska, J. Arey, A. M. Winer, T. Ramdahl, and V. Mejia, Factors Influencing the Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Adsorbed on Filters and Ambient POM with Ozone, Chemosphere, 15, 675-685 (1986). 

Buulter, J.D., Crossley, P., 1981. Reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on soot particles. Atmos. Environ. 15, 91-94. 

Chemical Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds Adsorbed on Coal Stack Ash... 

In 2001, ab initio, density-functional and semiempirical calculations on the reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon episulfides 10-22 were reported. Episulfides are predicted to open more easily than the corresponding 0-protonated derivatives, epoxides and diol epoxides <2001HCA3588>. Calculation results for the episulfide ring opening of the j -protonated compounds are shown in Table 1. 

That these effects may rationalize the reactivity of polycyclic aromatic compounds... 

Balaban, A.T., Biermann, D. and Schmidt, W. (1985c). Dualist Graph Approach for Correlating Diels-Alder Reactivities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Nouv.J.Chim., 9,443-449. 

Similar relative reactivity of polycyclic aromatics is found with noble metal catalysts.1112 The development of noble metal catalysts more resistant to sulfur and nitrogen compounds has led to their more prevalent use, particularly by those refiners who wish to have low aromatic base stocks. Nickel catalysts can also be used for this purpose, but do not appear to have achieved wide acceptance except historically in white oil applications. 

Pitts, J. N. Jr., Paur, H. R., Zielinska, B., Sweetman, J. A., Winer, A. M., Ramdahl, T., and Mejia, V. (1986) Factors influencing the reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons adsorbed on model substrates and in ambient POM with ambient levels of ozone, Chemosphere 15, 675-685. 

Biermann D, Schmidt W (1980) Diels-Alder reactivity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. 

In this section, we shall use resonance forms to predict the regioselectivity and reactivity of polycyclic aromatic molecules (Section 15-5), using naphthalene as an example. Some biological impfications of the reactivity of these substances will be explored in Section 16-7. 

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