The slow combustion of ethylene

Abstract
Although much work has been done in the slow oxidation of ethylene since one of us with R. V. Wheeler discovered that it involves the intermediate formation of acet- and form-aldehydes and formic acid, without any liberation of either carbon or hydrogen, some difference of opinion has recently arisen as to the nature of the initial product. Bone and Wheeler -who worked with ethylene-oxygen mixtures both in sealed bulbs at 300° to 350° and about 2 atmosphere pressure, and in their circulation apparatus in contact with porous porcelain at 400° and pressures below 500 mm. -concluded that the main course of the combustion could be represented by the following hydroxylation scheme.

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