chlorine bombs

[antifreeze1994]

So, I was talking to my friend today and he was telling me about chlorine bombs.
He said they're made by combining calcium hypochlorite and isoproyl alcohol in a plastic bottle.
Because I'm me, rofl the equation instantly started running through my head. I look online, and everything, but it seems like there isn't much out there on what actually happens. My chem teacher said this is probably because they don't WANT stuff like that to be out there, but it's also debilitating for the honest chemist who wants to simply understand a reaction. sad
Anyone know what products are formed in this reaction?

C3H8O + Ca(ClO)2 --& ?

All I know is that the isopropyl alcohol supposedly gets dehydrogenated into acetone, and chlorine gas is released. I suspect that some other side reactions may occur, but I have no clue as to what they might be.

[Nila Nycto]

antifreeze1994

So, I was talking to my friend today and he was telling me about chlorine bombs.
He said they're made by combining calcium hypochlorite and isoproyl alcohol in a plastic bottle.
Because I'm me, rofl the equation instantly started running through my head. I look online, and everything, but it seems like there isn't much out there on what actually happens. My chem teacher said this is probably because they don't WANT stuff like that to be out there, but it's also debilitating for the honest chemist who wants to simply understand a reaction. sad
Anyone know what products are formed in this reaction?

C3H8O + Ca(ClO)2 --& ?

All I know is that the isopropyl alcohol supposedly gets dehydrogenated into acetone, and chlorine gas is released. I suspect that some other side reactions may occur, but I have no clue as to what they might be.

It's possible.
In fact your friend might have read it from Wikipedia xD
Take a look:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_bomb

[Exoth XIII]

antifreeze1994

2C3H8O + 9Ca(ClO)2 --& 6CO2 +8H2O + 9CaCl2

I think this is all you'd get; bubbles n' salt.
I could be wrong, I'm too lazy to figure out the energy of the reaction.