Acetaldehyde from Ethylene—A Retrospective on the Discovery of the Wacker Process

The Wacker oxidation for the conversion of ethylene into acetaldehyde is one of the most important processes in the chemical industry. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication on this process in Angewandte Chemie—an occasion for a retrospective from one of the original authors,...

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Published inAngewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 48; no. 48; pp. 9034 - 9037
Main Author Jira, Reinhard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim WILEY‐VCH Verlag 16.11.2009
Subjects
acetaldehyde
history of science
technical chemistry
Wacker process
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Summary:The Wacker oxidation for the conversion of ethylene into acetaldehyde is one of the most important processes in the chemical industry. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication on this process in Angewandte Chemie—an occasion for a retrospective from one of the original authors, Reinhard Jira.
Bibliography:In the Minireview following this article J. A. Keith and P. M. Henry give a modern overview of the reaction mechanism of the Wacker oxidation.
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ISSN:1433-7851
1521-3773
DOI:10.1002/anie.200903992