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Peracetic acid is manufactured by the mild oxygen oxidation of acetaldehyde. (Care must be taken that the peracetic acid does not react with acetaldehyde to give two moles acetic acid.)

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)
CH3CHO
  +  
O2
  +  
         
CH3COOOH
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Acetaldehyde     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethyl acetate Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Peracetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

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

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