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Kinetics of the formation of cyclobutane from ethylene
Author(s) -
Quick L. M.,
Knecht D. A.,
Back M. H.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550040105
Subject(s) - cyclobutane , chemistry , ethylene , torr , reaction rate constant , kinetics , equilibrium constant , atmospheric temperature range , thermal equilibrium , thermodynamics , analytical chemistry (journal) , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , ring (chemistry) , quantum mechanics
Abstract The rate of the thermal reaction of ethylene to form cyclobutane has been measured over the temperature range 723°–786°K and at pressures between 300 and 1300 torr. The equilibrium constant for the system \documentclass{article}\usepackage{amssymb}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$${\rm 2C}_{\rm 2} {\rm H}_{\rm 4}\mathop {\leftrightharpoons}\limits_{kf}^{kr} c - {\rm C}_{\rm 4} {\rm H}_{\rm 8}$$\end{document} was calculated both from the initial rate data and from measurements of the equilibrium concentration of cyclobutane. Agreement with the reported thermodynamic quantities for cyclobutane was satisfactory. The initial rate data gave the following epxression for k f :\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$${\rm log }k_f {\rm (1}{\rm .mole}^{ - {\rm 1}} {\rm sec}^{ - {\rm 1}} {\rm)} = {\rm 7}{\rm .84} - \frac{{43800}}{{2.3RT}}$$\end{document} while the measurements of the equilibrium concentration of cyclobutane gave the expression for K ,\documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$${\rm log }K{\rm (atm}^{ - {\rm 1}} {\rm)} = - \frac{{45.4}}{{2.3R}} + \frac{{20700}}{{2.3RT}}$$\end{document} .