POBOLJŠANJE TEHNOLOŠKOG POSTUPKA POLUINDUSTRIJKE PROIZVOVODNJE KATOCENA KAO KATALIZATORA ZA KOMPOZITNA RAKETNA GORIVA SA SMANJENOM KOLIČINOM AGENASA I RASTVARAČA S PROCJENOM SMANJENJA RIZIKA PO OLOLIŠ I UTICAJA NA LJUDSKO ZDRAVLJE / IMPROVEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURE OF THE SEMI-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF CATHOCENE AS A CATALYST FOR COMPOSITE ROCKET FUELS WITH A REDUCED AMOUNT OF AGENTS AND SOLVENTS WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH

Abstract

Cathocene, 2,2 bis( ethylferrocenyl ) propane tecane is a derivative of ferrocene. It is obtained by a process that includes three reactions: a) acetylation of ferrocene, b) reduction of acetilylferocene to ethylferrocene and c) condensation of two molecules of ethyferrocene with acetone. In the course of work, significant improvements were made to the procedure, especially phase b), of the reduction of acetyferrocene to ethylferrocene. After detailed laborattory tests of the reduction of acethylferrocene according toClemmensens method, we managed to define two variants of the reduction with an acceptable product yield. These improvements have created a lot of preconditions for the semi-industrial production of cathocene.