LIU Qing, LIU Qingya, WANG Renxing, et al. Reaction behavior of calcium carbide with alcohols[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (7): 2573-2579.
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LIU Qing, LIU Qingya, WANG Renxing, et al. Reaction behavior of calcium carbide with alcohols[J]. CIESC Journal, 2013, (7): 2573-2579.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2013.07.036.
Reaction behavior of calcium carbide with alcohols
Calcium carbide is a major coal-derived platform chemical with annual production of more than 15 Mt in China alone.It is used to generate acetylene
upon reacting with water
to start production of many commodity chemicals
such as vinyl chloride and vinyl acetic acid.Reactions of calcium carbide with alcohols were reported decades ago but received little attention.With the production of low cost alcohols from coal
natural gas as well as biomass
these reactions may become more important in the future.In this paper
reactions of calcium carbide individually with three alcohols
methanol
ethanol and isopropanol
at various temperatures and time in the presence and absence of a catalyst were studied batch-wise in a stirred autoclave.The products were analyzed with gas chromatography
mass spectroscopy
X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy.The products mainly included acetylene
vinyl ethers
calcium alkoxides
and higher alcohols from decomposition of calcium alkoxides.One of the reaction pathway involved formation of acetylene and calcium alkoxides in the first step
reaction of acetylene with alcohols to produce vinyl ethers in the second step
and decomposition of calcium alkoxides to higher alcohols.