Energy fonts and Chemical products: Biorefinery. Syntheses from CO and H2: Hydrocarbons; Methanol; Methyl formate; Ethylen glycol; Hydroformylation and carbonylation reactions. Oxydation of aliphatic hydrocarbons: Paraffin oxydation; Alkene oxydation; Naphtene oxidation. Oxydation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Nitrobenzene and aniline. Alcohols through olefin hydratation: Indirect and Direct hydratation; Conoco process; Glycerin. Formaldehyde.
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Learning Objectives
Knowledge of some of the main industrial organic processes and the criteria followed to solve scientific, technical, economic and environmental problems connected with the illustrated processes.
Competence on some industrial processes by a point of view of their technical, scientific, economic and environmental problems.
Skills to evaluate a chemical organic process following scientific, economic and environmental criteria.
Prerequisites
Courses required:
All courses of organic chemistry of the first level degree
Energy fonts and Chemical products.
Syntheses from CO and H2: Syntheses of hydrocarbons; Methanol; Methyl formate; Ethylen glycol; Aldehydes by hydroformylation; Carbonylation reactions.
Oxydation of aliphatic hydrocarbons: Paraffin oxydation; Ethylene oxydation; Propene oxydation; Butenes oxydation; Naphtene oxydation;
Oxydation of aromatic hydrocarbons: Phenol; Dihydroxybenzenes; Phtalic anhydride and maleic anhydride; Phtalic acids; Nitrobenzene and aniline; Olefin hydratation: Indirect hydratation, Direct hydratation. Conoco process; Glycerin; Formaldehyde.