DFliyerz - 11-9-2015 at 07:25
Has anyone here tried a gas phase free radical halogenation in a home lab set up, say with commercial propane or butane and chlorine? If so, how did
it go? What equipment did you need?
aga - 11-9-2015 at 07:41
Would that be the same as reacting chlorine gas with sulphur for example ?
DFliyerz - 11-9-2015 at 08:30
Not quite sure. I'm currently devising a ground glass setup for the process, and I'll post a sketch of it once I figure it out.
aga - 11-9-2015 at 08:37
Here's some photos from TFSE, U'd :-
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=10377
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=61903
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=62254
DFliyerz - 11-9-2015 at 09:37
Here's a very rough sketch of what I think would be a good apparatus:
DFliyerz - 11-9-2015 at 09:57
Also, I found this interesting tidbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-radical_halogenation
Right at the bottom of the article, what looks to be a very easy free-radical bromination.
aga - 11-9-2015 at 10:00
I know nothing much, but surely the pressures are important ?
e.g. if your Halgoen, Alkane and Products are all lighter than air, then a V type arrangement may be better, then there's the reaction producing
pressure (maybe) etc etc.