Photo-oxidation of formic, acetic, and propionic acids with aqueous hydrogen peroxide
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 59 (1) , 14-18
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v81-003
Abstract
Photolytic oxidation of aliphatic acids with aqueous H2O2 has been studied. Formic acid gives CO2 and H2O. Acetic acid gives products containing CO2, methane, formic, glycolic, and tartaric acids. Propionic acid gives CO2, methane, ethane, acetic, formic, lactic, β-hydroxypropionic, malonic, and glycolic acids. A mechanism involving an initial H-atom abstraction by HO•formed via photo-dissociation of H2O2 is postulated and discussed.Keywords
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