Trapping of the methyl cation by carbon monoxide; formation of acetic acid from methane
- 1 January 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications
- No. 16,p. 920-921
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c29690000920
Abstract
The formation of acetic acid from methane, carbon monoxide, antimony pentafluoride, and water is reported, confirming the occurrence of the methyl cation (CH3 +) in the oligocondensation of methane and indicating that protonated methane (CH5 +) is not involved in this reaction.Keywords
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