The desulfurization of polynuclear aromatic sulfur compounds with a Raney nickel.

M Nagai, H Urimoto, K Uetake, N Sakikawa…

Index: Nagai, Masatoshi; Urimoto, Hideo; Uetake, Kazuya; Sakikawa, Noriyuki; Gonzalez, Richard D. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1989 , vol. 62, # 2 p. 557 - 562

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Abstract

The mechanism of the desulfurization of the polynuclear thiophene compounds with a Raney nickel was studied in ethanol at atmospheric pressure and from 0 to 78.3° C. The desulfurization rate was initially fast but reached zero in about 30 minutes. The major products were biphenyl in the desulfurization of dibenzothiophene (1), 1-phenylnaphthalene in the desulfurization of benzo [b] naphtho [1, 2-d] thiophene (2), and 2- ...