Hi
I have been experimenting with using hydrolysis of diethylaluminium chloride
to determine the water ( or other catalyst active species) in butadiene or
solutions of butadiene in other solvents by measuring the ethane levels in
the headspace of the reaction vessel by gas chromatography. On adding deac
to 99% butadiene saturated with water I got a virtually instant reaction
that produced about 5 grams of polymeric material ( from about 150 gram of
butadiene). I would like to understand what the polymer and mechanism is
and why the reaction stopped when it did. Is it a cationic reaction of some
sort?
thanks
Terry
- posted 17 years ago