SWIM was wondering how just how reactive limonene is with HCl and sulfuric acid solutions. Would a solution of pH1-pH2 of sulfuric acid react with limonene?
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Limonene Reactivity!
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not likely
it would be a different story if KMnO4 or NBS were in the mix.
though sulfuric acid has been shown to polymerize isoprenes units
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it would be a different story if KMnO4 or NBS were in the mix.
though sulfuric acid has been shown to polymerize isoprenes units
Uptake of isoprene by thin sulfuric acid films: Acid catalyzed heterogeneous uptake and the formation of monoterpenes and cyclic sesquiterpenes
A high vacuum Knudsen flow reactor was used to determine the uptake coefficient, gamma, of isoprene on sulfuric acid films as a function of sulfuric acid weight percent, temperature, and relative humidity. No discernible dependence was observed for gamma over the range of temperatures (220 - 265...
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benzyme said:
Damn, you're onto SWIM.... Well, in any case, SWIM's not too worried about the possibility of limonene coming into contact with KMnO4.