Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1961
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Michael Frederick
Second Advisor
Carl W. Carlson
Third Advisor
James A. Bradley
Abstract
The use of sodium amalgam and potassium amalgam to reduce cinnamic acid to hydrocinnamic acid was accomplished in two concentrically constructed cylindrical cells.
In the outer cell, liquid amalgam was prepared electrolytically using a mercury cathode. The amalgam was moved by a rocking motion into the inner cell where the cinnamic acid dissolved in ethanol was reduced to hydrocinnamic acid. The actual percent conversion as measured by iodine numbers varied from 6.0% to 567, the percentage depending upon the number of coulombs passed into the electrolytic cell, the amalgam used, and whether or not stirring in the inner reduction cell was used.
Recommended Citation
Mytelka, Alan Ira, "Electrolytic amalgam reduction of cinnamic acid" (1961). Theses. 3219.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3219
