Advances in the Study of the Mechanism of the Gas-phase Oxidation of Aldehydes

The results of studies of the kinetics and mechanism of the gas-phase oxidation of aliphatic aldehydes are examined in relation to CH₂O, CH₃CHO, and C₂H₅CHO, which are intermediates in the oxidation of hydrocarbons and the general rules governing the course of these degenerate-branched chain processes are established. Attention has been concentrated on the role of heterogeneous factors. It is shown that heterogeneous chain branching as a consequence of the radical decomposition of CH₃CO₃H or C₂H₅CO₃H takes place in the low-temperature oxidation of acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde; the experimental data on the heterogeneous radical decomposition of organic peroxy-compounds are considered.
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