Liquid-phase isomerization of methylcyclopentane, ethylcyclopentane and
n-propylcyclopentane has been studied at temperatures ranging from 15 to 75°C, using anhydrous aluminum chloride. as catalyst. The isomerization of ethylcyclopentane takes place producing methylcyclohexane and dimethylcyclopentanes. It was observed that the initial isomerization product from
n-propylcyclopentane was ethylcyclohexane, the latter being then converted to dimethylcyclohexanes.
The isomerization of these alkylcyclopentanes was found to obey the first order kinetic equation under given reaction conditions. The values of activation energy and apparent A-factor were 22kcal/mol and 1.5×10
10sec
-1 for the isomerization of methylcyclopentane to cyclohexane, 16kcal/mol and 2.9×10
7sec
-1 for ethylcyclopentane to methylcyclohexane, 15kcal/mol and 9.1×10
6sec
-1 for
n-propylcyclopentane to ethylcyclohexane, respectively.
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