The Photo-Oxidation of Carbon Tetrachloride

Author: Lyons, Ernest Herbert, Jr.

Year: 1933

Degree: Master's thesis

Advisor: Dickinson, Roscoe Gilkey

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Chemistry

DOI: 10.7907/ZC4V-5J32

Abstract

1. It has been shown that carbon tetrachloride is not decomposed by light of wavelength 2537 ångstroms.

2. It has been shown that light of wavelength 2537 ångstroms produces an oxidation of carbon tetrachloride according to the reaction

CCl₄ + ½O₂ → COCl₂ + Cl₂

It has been shown that one molecule of carbon tetrachloride is decomposed per quantum of light absorbed. A possible mechanism for this reaction has been given.

3. The difficulty of purifying carbon tetrachloride for photochemical work has been pointed out.

4. Evidence suggesting a photochemical hydrolysis of carbon tetrachloride has been given.

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