Decomposition of triphenylborane with enhanced comprehensive catalyst under aerated and inert conditions

摘要

This work investigated the decomposition of triphenylborane in a statistically-designed set of tests to determine the effects of four process variables: temperature, hydroxide concentration, catalyst concentration, and atmosphere. Analysis of these tests provide the following conclusions:(1) The presence of tetraphenylborate solids facilitate a 10X increase in the rate of decomposition of triphenylborane, (2) The presence of oxygen slows the decomposition of triphenylborane, (3) The activation energy of the decomposition reaction in the presence of oxygen (59.88 + 27.73 kJ/mol) is statistically lower than inerted systems (99.11 + 10.14 kJ/mol), (4) Rate constants derived from the nitrogen inerted tests encompass the rate constants from previous tests with slurries. These rate constants agree reasonably with similar values obtained from Tank 48H operations at ambient temperatures, and (5) For test conducted in air, the decomposition reaction rate constant correlated with the catalyst concentration. In tests inerted by nitrogen, the same correlation did not hold.