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ALTHOUGH several reports have recently been made1 on the carbonization of model substances synthesized to imitate the structure of coal, the study of coal pyrolysis has been hampered due to lack of knowledge of the pattern of behaviour of the functional groups. It was therefore decided to alkylate coals with alkylating agents of known structure and study their behaviour on carbonization. This seems to be the first time that alkylation of coal has been reported.
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IYENGAR, M., BANERJEE, D. & BANERJEE, D. Alkylation of Coal by Benzyl Chloride-Aluminium Chloride. Nature 186, 387–388 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186387a0
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