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  2. Wacker process - Wikipedia

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    A water molecule then attacks the olefin regioselectively through an outer sphere mechanism in a Markovnikov fashion, to form the more thermodynamically stable Pd(Cl 2)(OH)(-CH 2-CHOH-R) complex. Dissociation of a chloride ligand to the three coordinate palladium complex promotes β-hydride elimination, then subsequent 1,2-hydride migratory ...

  3. Steam cracking - Wikipedia

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    A higher cracking temperature (also referred to as severity) favors the production of ethene and benzene, whereas lower severity produces higher amounts of propene, C4-hydrocarbons and liquid products. The process also results in the slow deposition of coke, a form of carbon, on the reactor walls. This degrades the efficiency of the reactor, so ...

  4. Oxidative coupling of methane - Wikipedia

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    The ethane subsequently undergoes dehydrogenation to form ethylene (C 2 H 4). The yield of the desired C 2 products is reduced by non-selective reactions of methyl radicals with the surface and oxygen in the gas phase, which produce (undesirable) carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

  5. Ethylene - Wikipedia

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    Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula C 2 H 4 or H 2 C=CH 2. It is a colourless, flammable gas with a faint "sweet and musky " odour when pure. [ 7 ] It is the simplest alkene (a hydrocarbon with carbon–carbon double bonds ).

  6. Ethylene oxide - Wikipedia

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    The reaction is usually carried out at about 60 °C (140 °F) with a large excess of water, in order to prevent the reaction of the formed ethylene glycol with ethylene oxide that would form di-and triethylene glycol: [34] 2 (CH 2 CH 2)O + H 2 O → HO–CH 2 CH 2 –O–CH 2 CH 2 –OH 3 (CH 2 CH 2)O + H 2 O → HO–CH 2 CH 2 –O–CH 2 CH 2 ...

  7. Heterogeneous water oxidation - Wikipedia

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    Of the two half reactions, the oxidation step is the most demanding because it requires the coupling of 4 electron and proton transfers and the formation of an oxygen-oxygen bond. This process occurs naturally in plants photosystem II to provide protons and electrons for the photosynthesis process and release oxygen to the atmosphere, [ 1 ] as ...

  8. Nitrous oxide fuel blend - Wikipedia

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    It is far less toxic than hydrazine and has a much lower boiling point, though it can be liquified at room temperature under pressure. Like hydrazine it has a positive enthalpy of formation that makes it both potentially unstable and a viable monopropellant. It can be decomposed with a catalyst to produce a hot mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. [1]

  9. Liquefaction of gases - Wikipedia

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    Liquefaction of gases is physical conversion of a gas into a liquid state (condensation). The liquefaction of gases is a complicated process that uses various compressions and expansions to achieve high pressures and very low temperatures, using, for example, turboexpanders .