Date of Award
4-5-2021
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Chemistry & Biochemistry
First Advisor
Ryan T. Hayes
Abstract
The objective of this research was to determine kinetic and thermodynamic data about the reaction between ethylene diamine and methyl acrylate which is used in the production of PAMAM dendrimers. Establishing a rate law and finding values such as rate constant, activation energy, and Arrhenius coefficient will help in determining the best possible conditions for the reaction. A rate law was established through the method of initial rates, comparing the rates of reactions with different initial concentrations to one another. Additional reactions were run with active cooling to observe the effects on rate and reaction progress, and finally reactions were run with varied reactant feed rates in order to test temperature controllability for future optimization work.
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Ryutaro Einar, "Thermodynamic Analysis of PAMAM Dendrimer Synthesis" (2021). Honors Theses. 250.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/250/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/250
Subject Area
Dendrimers; Ethylenediamine; Methyl acrylate
Presentation Record URL
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors-undergraduate-poster-symposium/2021/symposium/16/
Creative Commons License
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DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/250/