The kinetics of the reactions between tetrachloromethane
(CCl4), 1,2-dichloroethane (C2H4Cl2), or chlorobenzene (C6H5Cl) and sodium carbonate were investigated using evolved
gas analysis−Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
Sodium carbonate reacted with CCl4 between 600 and 900
K to form over 90% carbon dioxide (CO2) and less than
10% tetrachloroethene (C2Cl4). This reaction followed the three-dimensional diffusion mechanism and had an activation
energy of 105 ± 10 kJ/ mol and a steric factor of 5000 ±
3000 min-1. The reaction between C2H4Cl2 and sodium
carbonate produced CO2, ethanal (C2H4O), water (H2O), vinyl
chloride (C2H3Cl), ethene (C2H4), and ethyne (C2H2) between
600 and 900 K from at least two different pathways.
The product temperature profiles indicated that CO2, C2H4O,
and C2H3Cl were formed initially and that approximately
10% of the product is C2H4 at 900 K. The reaction kinetics
followed the Ginstling−Brounshtein diffusion mechanism
and had an activation energy of 100 ± 10 kJ/ mol and a steric
factor of approximately 104 min-1. Benzene was produced
from the reaction between chlorobenzene and sodium
carbonate at temperatures above 800 K. This reaction followed
the three-dimensional diffusion mechanism and had an
activation energy of 80 ± 10 kJ/mol and a steric factor of
approximately 500 min-1.