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Butane is oxidised to a variety of products, including acetic acid, ethyl methyl ketone, formic acid, propanoic acid, etc.

Celanese Liquid Phase Oxidation process.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

  +  
O2
  +  
Co2+
         
CH3COOH
  +  
  +  
HCOOH
  +  
CH3CH2COOH
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Butane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Cobalt(II) ion     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Butanone     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Formic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Propanoic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent

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