HYDROGENATIONS IN A TETRALIN MEDIUM: II. DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION OF COAL WITH TETRALIN AND WITH A MIXTURE OF RELATED COMPOUNDS AS MEDIA

A complex mixture of polynuclear hydrocarbons obtained in the pyrolysis of natural gas has been hydrogenated. The original mixture and the product of hydrogenation have been used as suspension media in the hydrogenation of bituminous and domestic coals, and are compared with tetralin as a medium. The original mixture is much less, and the hydrogenated mixture only slightly less, effective than tetralin.