by Yam Chi Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 132-135. / TABLE OF CONTENTS / DESCRIPTIVE NOTE PAGE / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- BACKGROUND SURVEY OF THE CHEMISTRY OF THE OXIDATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.0 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Metal-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Organic Compounds --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Metal-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Alkyl-Aromatic Compounds --- p.11 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Cobalt-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.12 / Chapter 1.2 --- Industrial Metal-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.13 / Chapter 1.3 --- Scope of this Thesis --- p.16 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- EXPERIMENTAL --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- Reactor System Description --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Liquid Sampling Unit --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Gas and Reagent/Catalyst Inlet --- p.23 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Recycling Unit --- p.26 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Vapour Disposal --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2 --- Practical Operation Consideration --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3 --- Process (Experimental) Parameter Control --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Gas Inlet and Input Pressure Control --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Gas Outlet and System Pressure Control --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- System Temperature Control --- p.35 / Chapter 2.4 --- Data Acquisition --- p.36 / Chapter 2.5 --- Experimental Procedures --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Initial Operation Testing --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- General Procedures --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Experimental Conditions --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5.3.1 --- Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5.3.2 --- Cobalt-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.43 / Chapter 2.5.3.3 --- Silver-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.47 / Chapter 2.5.3.4 --- Cobalt-Silver Co- catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.47 / Chapter 2.5.3.5 --- Hydrogen Peroxide Experiment --- p.47 / Chapter 2.6 --- Reactor Product Analysis --- p.48 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Liquid Sample Analysis --- p.48 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Cobalt (II)Analysis --- p.49 / Chapter 2.7 --- Product Identification and Confirmation by 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance --- p.56 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS --- p.58 / Chapter 3.0 --- Introduction --- p.58 / Chapter 3.1 --- Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.60 / Chapter 3.2 --- Cobalt-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.75 / Chapter 3.3 --- Silver-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.96 / Chapter 3.4 --- Cobalt-Silver Co-catalyzed Air Oxidation of Toluene --- p.106 / Chapter 3.5 --- Industrial Applications --- p.116 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- CONCLUSION --- p.126 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.132 / Chapter APPENDIX I --- Computer Program for the Integrator --- p.136 / Chapter APPENDIX II --- Raw Data for the Experimental Runs --- p.140 / Chapter APPENDIX III --- Raw Data for Different Trials of Run #11 --- p.160 / Chapter APPENDIX IV --- "Raw Data for the Calibration of Benzaldehyde, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzoic Acid, Benzyl Acetate, Benzyl Benzoate and Cobalt (II)" --- p.161
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318726 |
Date | January 1991 |
Contributors | Yam, Chi Ming., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemistry. |
Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Text, bibliography |
Format | print, xvi, 163 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Page generated in 0.5321 seconds