Simulation of nonbranched chain processes for producing 1,2-alkanediols in alcohol-formaldehyde systems
M. M. Silaev · Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering · 2007
A mechanism of the initiated nonbranched chain process of forming 1,2-alkanediols and carbonyl compounds in alcohol-formaldehyde systems is developed. The quasi-steady-state treatment is used to obtain kinetic equations that can describe the nonmonotonic (with a maximum) dependences of the formation rates of the products on the concentration of free (desolvated) dissolved formaldehyde.