kclo4 - 19-12-2004 at 00:50
How can I make it from c2h4o2?
Edited spelling. Please get that right at least if you are creating a thread. chemoleo
[Edited on 19-12-2004 by chemoleo]
alchemie - 19-12-2004 at 07:26
C2H4O2?
Acetic acid?
How do you make Acrylic acid from acetic acid?
You don´t.
At lest with any method I know of.
If you really want to make acrylic acid the best (OTC) route would be to oxidize acrolein.
Acrolein can be produced by the dehydration of glycerol:
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 1, p.15; Vol. 6, p.1
http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/prep.asp?prep=cv1p0015