A new sulfate-mediated reaction: Conversion of acetone to trimethylbenzene in the presence of liquid sulfuric acid

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 631-634

  Duncan, Joanna L ^a   Schindler, Liesl R ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTONATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; ABSORPTION; ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SULFURIC ACID;

HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; LOSS PROBABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEDIATED REACTIONS; RELATIVE EFFECTS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRIMETHYLBENZENE;

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

SULFATE MEDIATED REACTION; TRIMETHYLBENZENE;

ACETONE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; TRIMETHYLBENZENE;

EID: 0032030024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00250     Document Type: Article

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