Abstract
The homogeneous oxidation of isopentane was investigated in the vapor phase. The main products were oxygenated compounds (3-methyltetrahydrofuran, 2-propyloxirane, 2-ethyl-2-methyloxirane, 2, 2, 3-trimethyloxirane, acetone and acetaldehyde) and isopentenes. The yields of oxygenated compounds and isopentenes depended on the residence time, indicating that the oxygenated compounds formed through isopentenes from isopentane. It is concluded from the results of the vapor-phase oxidation of isopentenes (3-methyl-1-butene, 2-methyl-2-butene and 2-methyl-1-butene) that 3-methyltetrahydrofuran and 2-propyloxirane might be formed through 3-methyl-1-butene, 2, 2, 3-trimethyloxirane and acetone through 2-methyl-2-butene, and 2-ethyl-2-methyloxirane through 2-methyl-1-butene in the vapor-phase oxidation of isopentane.
