Reactor 3 Agitated Mini-autoclaves

For the hydrogenation of citral different reaction products, e.g. citronellal, citronellol, geraniol and nerol, can be expected  

The set-up of Lucas et al. allows the fast investigation of various parameters, e.g. temperature, pressure and mixing speed, affecting the outcome of the reaction. Exemplarily, the results of the hydrogenation of citral are shown (Table 3.3) using different amounts of the catalyst additive SnCl2. 

Starting material, 1.83 ml dtral solvent, 7.7 ml n-hexane internal standard, 0.67 ml dodecane. Reaction conditions pslarl = 70 bar T = 298 K t = 15 min stirring at 840 rpm. 

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