Affiliation:
1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Oxygen uptake by the styrene epoxide (SE)–sulfuric acid (SA) binary system in a solution consisting of 90 vol % tert-butanol and 10 vol % chlorobenzene (BUC solvent) was studied. The equation for the reaction rate as a function of reactant concentrations and the Arrhenius equation for the effective oxidation rate constant are presented. Comparison of the results obtained with the data on oxidation in related binary systems SE–perchloric acid (PCA) and SE–p-toluenesulfonic acid (TSA) shows that the specific features of the oxidation of these systems are determined by the kind of the acid catalyst.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences