The kinetics of thermal hydrocracking of diphenylmethane (DPM), tolylphenyl- and xylylphenylmethanes were studied, and the reaction mechanism and the influence of substituents on the cracking behavior were clarified. The reaction rate of DPM was indicated by the equation,
r=
k1.5•
PDPM•
PH21/2, and the activation energy was 69kcal/mol. Reasonable elementary reactions were proposed by evaluating kinetic parameters. In the reaction of each methylated DPM, demethylation occurred always in preference to debenzylation and demethylbenzylation.
The rates of demethylation of tolylphenylmethanes and toluene were as follows,
_??_-CH
3-CH
2-_??_>_??_-CH
3-CH
2-_??__??_H
3C-_??_-CH
2-_??__??__??_-CH
3The rates of debenzylation of
m- and
p-tolylphenylmethanes and 3, 4-dimethyldiphenylmethane were almost similar to the rate of DPM, however those of
o-tolylphenylmethane and
m- and
p-xylylphenylmethanes, which were ortho-methyl-substituted diphenylmethanes, were faster than DPM. The rates of demethylbenzylation of all compounds were comparable to the rate of debenzylation of DPM.
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