This work describes the oxidation of organic compounds in an argon/water continuous flow plasma reactor. Water insoluble materials such as alkanes and alkenes, in particular
n-pentane to n-octane, 1-hexene, cyclohexane and cyclohexene have been functionalized with different functional groups: hydroxy-group, hydroperoxy-group, oxo-group and double bond.
Fragmented alcohols, aldehydes and carboxylic acids have also been observed. A detailed set of radical reactions, for the attack of n-hexane and its derivatives by the hydroxyl radical,
have been proposed and are supported by quantum mechanical calculations. Electron impact reactions are considered as complementary pathways. A comprehensive network of reaction pathways
has been generated, which proofed to be sufficient to predict correctly the majority of the observed products for starting materials of other chain lengths or related alkenes. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2015. / November 12, 2015. / Hydrocarbon, Hydrogen peroxide, Hydroperoxide, Hydroxyl Radical, Oxidation, Plasma Reactor / Includes bibliographical references. / Igor V. Alabugin, Professor Directing Dissertation; Bruce R. Locke, University Representative; Gregory B. Dudley, Committee Member; Timothy Logan,
Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_291352 |
| Contributors | Bresch, Stefan (authoraut), Alabugin, Igor V. (professor directing dissertation), Locke, Bruce R. (university representative), Dudley, Gregory B. (committee member), Logan, Timothy M. (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (173 pages), computer, application/pdf |
Page generated in 0.0021 seconds