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Autocatalytic gas-phase dehydrogenation of ethane

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Homogeneous gas-phase pyrolysis of ethane by continuous CO2 laser irradiation was used in our experiments for bulk heating of the reaction mixture. Laser energy was absorbed by ethylene, the main product of ethane dehydrogenation, and transferred to the reaction medium via collisional relaxation. A mechanism of ethane dehydrogenation is suggested to describe the pyrolysis process. The mechanism is autocatalytic in respect of ethylene and includes ethane–ethylene interaction with the formation of methyl and propyl radicals. Rate constants of elementary reactions, selectivity, and yields of pyrolysis products were determined. The composition of ethane dehydrogenation products determined in the experiments was substantially different from the calculated thermodynamic equilibrium composition.

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The authors acknowledge the Russian Federation President Grant for the Leading Scientific Schools for funding (NSh 3156.2010.3).

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    Valerii N. Snytnikov, Tatyana I. Mishchenko, Vladimir N. Snytnikov, Sergei E. Malykhin, Vasilii I. Avdeev & Valentin N. Parmon

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Snytnikov, V.N., Mishchenko, T.I., Snytnikov, V.N. et al. Autocatalytic gas-phase dehydrogenation of ethane. Res Chem Intermed 38, 1133–1147 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-011-0449-x

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