The mechanism of formation of ethylene glycol monoacetate from ethylene in the system MeCO2H + LiNO3+ Pd(OAc)2

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 17,p. 973-974
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820000973

Abstract

A ¹⁷O n.m.r. study has shown that formation of ethylene glycol monoacetate from ethylene in acetic acid solution containing LiNO₃ and Pd(OAc)₂ is accompanied by oxygen atom transfer from the oxidant to the carbonyl group of the product.

Keywords

MONOACETATE
GLYCOL
ACETIC ACID
CONTAINING LINO3
ATOM TRANSFER
ACID SOLUTION
CARBONYL GROUP
OXYGEN ATOM
17O N.M.R
SYSTEM MECO2H

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