menchaca - 6-4-2003 at 04:26
will this work? if this is so what conditions are needed?
thanks again!
menchaca - 6-4-2003 at 09:44
well i´m really silly sometimes i forgot to place de reaction:
CH3COOH---->2CH2O ?
now yes can this work?
under what conditions?
i´ve also find in an old chemistry book that inearly xx centuri oxalic acid was prepared industrially heating sawdust, KOH and NaOH or with nitric
acid and sugar
can somebody tell me where can i get information about this, i think it is quite interesting!!
thanks!!
Beilstein
mykhal - 6-4-2003 at 13:14
I have found this:
- conversion of carboxylate to formaldehyde by electrolysis in liquid ammonia
- reaction of carboxylic acid with hydrogen peroxide and lead carbonate in water