Narges Samadani Langeroodi - Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Golestan University, Gorgan , Iran
Vida Jodaian - Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch , Tehran, Iran

The reaction kinetics of the isomerization of 3,4-dichlorobutene-1 into 1,4-dichlorobutene-2 was investigated using gas-liquid chromatography. Fe2O3/SiO2 was used as a catalyst. The activation parameters have been evaluated under optimized conditions, using the Arrhenius and Eyring plots.

Fe2O3, chloroalkenes, isomerization