I S O M E R I Z A T I O K O F
PURE
HYDROCARBONS By
Gustav Egloff, George Hulla, and V. I. Komarewsky Universal Oil Products Company, Research Laboratories and Illinois Institute of Technology American Chemical Society Monograph N o . 88 To all petroleum chemists, engineers and research workers in fields involving organic chemistry this long-awaited treatise will prove to be one of the most valuable scientific works published in 1942. It covers in the greatest detail the results of thousands of experiments in isomerization — the phenomenon responsible for the present high-octane motor fuels and other miracles of petroleum research. Nearly half the volume consists of exhaustive tabulations of reaction data which can be found nowhere else in chemical literature, and which will save untold hours of time on the part of those using them. The text is profusely illustrated with structural diagrams, and the entire book is characterized by the thoroughness and critical exactness of its authors.
CONTENTS PREFACE, INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. ALKANES.
Methods Used in the Study of Isomerization; Isomerization of Alkanes; Mechanism* Isomerizations; Aluminum Haiides as Catalysts; Butanes; Pentanes; Hexanes; Heptanes; Octanes; Other Catalysts; n-Butane; n^Pentane; Hexanes; Heptanes; w-Octane; n-Decane; Conclusions. C H A P T E R II.
ALKENES, ALKADIENES, AND ALKAPOLYENES.
Isomerization of Alkenes; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Propene; Butenes; Pentenes; Hexenes; Heptenes; Octenes; D e c enes; Hexadecene; Conclusions; Alkadienes; Allenic Alkadienes; Conclusions; Non-Allenic Alkadienes; Conclusions; Alkapolyenes; Isomerizations; Conclusions. C H A P T E R III.
A L K Y N E S , ALKADIYNES, AND ALKAPOLYYNES.
Alkynes; Isomerizations; Alkadiynes and Alkapolyynes; Isomerizations; Conclusions. C H A P T E R IV. CYCLANES, CYCLANBS.
SPIRANES,
BICYCLANES,
AND
POLY-
Cyclanes and Cyclanes with Saturated Side-Chains; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Cyclopropanes; Cyclobutanes; Cyclopentanes; Cyclohexanes; Cycloheptane and Larger Cyclanes; Conclusions; Cyclanes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Cyclopropanes; Cyclobutanes; Cyclopentanes; Cyclohexanes; Conclusions; Spiranes; Isomerizations; Bicyclanes and Bicyclanes w i t h Saturated Side-Chains; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Bicycloheptanes; Bicyclooctanes; Bicy clononanes; Bicyclodecanes; Conclusions; Bicyclanes with Unsaturated SideChains; Isomerizations; Bicyclohexanes; Bicycloheptanes; Conclusions; Tricyclanes; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Pentacyclanes. C H A P T E R V.
CYCLENES, BICYCLENES, AND POLYCYCLENES.
Cyclenes and Cyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Cyclenes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Cyclodienes with Saturated SideChains; Isomerizations; Cyclodienes with Unsaturated SideChains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Bicyclenes and Bicyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Bicyclenes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Bicyciodienes with Saturated Side-Chains; Isomeriza-
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tions; Tricyclenes and Tricyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Tricyclenes with Unsaturated SideChains; Isomerizations; Tetracydenes; Isomerizations; Pentacyclenes; Isomerizations. CHAPTER V I .
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS.
Alkyl Benzenes; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Alkenyl Benzenes; Mechanism; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Alkadienyl Benzenes; Allenic Alkadienyl Benzenes; Non-Allenic Alkadienyl Benzenes; Conclusions; Alkapolyenyl Benzenes; Isomerizations; Conclusions: Alkynyl Benzenes; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Condensed Aromatics; Indanes and Indenes; Fluorenes; Naphthalenes: Anthracenes; Phenanthrenes; N a p h thacenes; Conclusions; Aromatic-Cyclane Hydrocarbons; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Aromatic-Cyclene Hydrocarbons; Isomerizations; Conclusions; Aromatic-Cyclodiene Hydrocarbons; Isomerizations; Conclusions. SUMMARY — Tables of Isomerization D a t a of: Alkanes; ALkenes; Allenic Alkadienes: Non-Allenic Alkadienes; Alkapolyenes; Alkynes, Alkadiynes, and Alkapolyynes; Cyclanes and Cyclanes with Saturated Side-Chains; Cyclanes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Spiranes; Bicyclanes and Bicyclanes with Saturated Side-Chains; Bicyclanes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Tricyclanes; Cyclenes and Cyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Cyclenes w i t h Unsaturated Side-Chains; Cyclodienes with Saturated Side-Chains; Cyclodienes with Unsaturated SideChains; Bicyclenes and Bicyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Bicyclenes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Bicyciodienes with Saturated Side-Chains; Tricyclenes and Tricyclenes with Saturated Side-Chains; Tricyclenes with Unsaturated Side-Chains; Tetracydenes; Pentacyclenes; Benzenes w i t h Saturated SideChains; Alkenyl Benzenes; Alkadienyl Benzenes; Alkapolyenyl Benzenes; ALkynyl Benzenes; Condensed Aromatics (Inaanes, Indenes, Fluorenes, Naphthalenes, Anthracenes, Phenanthrenes, Naphthacenes); Aromatic-Cyclane Hydrocarbons; AromaticCyclene Hydrocarbons; Aromatic-Cyclodiene Hydrocarbons; Possibilities o f Hydrocarbon Isomerization a s Illustrated by the Known Examples to D a t e . APPENDIX I; A P P E N D I X II; APPENDIX AUTHOR I N D E X ; S U B J E C T I N D E X .
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