D. Murzin et al., DIALKYLBENZENE HYDROGENATION - KINETIC-ANALYSIS OF ROLLOVER MECHANISM, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 60(1), 1997, pp. 57-64
Kinetic analysis is presented for the so-called rollover mechanism in
hydrogenation of dialkylbenzenes. The theory of complex reactions and
graph theory are applied for discussing plausible mechanisms, it is de
monstrated that mechanisms which involve either desorption-readsorptio
n of some reaction intermediate or some kind of ''rollover'' of an ads
orbed intermediate, result in similar kinetic equations if these steps
are reversible.