How to get butane from octane?

The cleavage reactions of alkanes are known as cracking. During this process, a long-chain alkane breaks down into a shorter-chain alkane and alkene. The process can be carried out at high temperatures (thermal cracking), or under milder conditions using zeolite catalysts (catalytic cracking).

C8H18 = C4H10 + C4H8



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