Question

By how many ways we can prepare Acetic acid from Acetaldehyde??​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Acetylene is first converted to acetaldehyde by passing through 40% H

2

SO

4

at 60

o

C in the presence of 1%HgSO

4

.

The acetaldehyde is then oxidised to acetic acid in the presence of catalyst manganese acetate at 70

o

C.

C

2

H

2

+H

2

O

H

2

SO4(dil)

HgSO

4

CH

3

CHO

CH

3

CHO+[O]

Catalyst

△

CH

3

COOH

Answer 2

This was the dominant technology in the early 1900s. Light naphtha components are readily oxidized by oxygen or even air to give peroxides, which decompose to produce acetic acid according to the chemical equation, illustrated with butane: 2 C4H10 + 5 O2 → 4 CH3CO2H + 2 H2O