Hydrocracking of Anthracene in the Presence of Zinc Chloride

Abstract

In order to see the reaction pathway of the hydrocracking of coal extracts in the presence of zinc chloride, the hydrocracking of anthracene was carried out as a model reaction.
In this reaction, various products, from methane to hydroanthracene, are for med; they were classified into six groups on the basis of the molecular structure of the products, i. e., tricyclic aromatics which are partially hydrogenated anthracenes, isomers of them, bicyclic aromatics which are alkylated and partially hydrogenated naphthalenes, alkylbenzenes, aliphatic hydrocar bons and hydrocarbon gases.
From the change in hydrocarbon products with progress of reaction, it was suggested that the pathway of the hydrocracking reaction of anthracene in the presence of zinc chloride may be