STUDY ON THE OXIDATION MECHANISM OF MIXED THIOLS IN LIGHT OIL SWEETENING .2. KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF CATALYTIC COOXIDATION OF MIXED THIOLS IN GAS-LIQUID SYSTEM

Kinetic measurements were carried out for the catalytic cooxidation of mixed 1-butanethiol, 1-octanethiol and 2-methyl-2-propanethiol in gas -liquid system. A mechanism which can explain the enhancement of the o xidation of 2-methyl-2-propanethiol by normal thiols and agree well wi th the experimental results was set up, and the Michaelis-Menten type kinetic equation was derived accordingly. Researches also demonstrate that the interactions between different thiol molecules during the cat alytic cooxidation of mixed thiols in the sweetening process are the g eneral role.