THE MERCURY-PHOTOSENSITIZED DECOMPOSITION OF BENZALDEHYDE, ACROLEIN, AND CROTONALDEHYDE
- 1 October 1959
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 37 (10) , 1696-1702
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v59-245
Abstract
The Hg3P1-photosensitized decomposition of benzaldehyde at low pressure and high radiation intensity forms predominantly a polymeric material. In the fraction of the reaction which forms the identifiable final products benzene and carbon monoxide, both a direct molecular rearrangement and a free radical split to phenyl and formyl radicals occur. The decomposition reactions of acrolein and crotonaldehyde involve the three primary processes:[Formula: see text]Keywords
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