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Adkins-Peterson Reaction

Oxidation of methanol into formaldehyde by air in the presence of catalysts:

Formaldehyde is obtained free of methanol in a 90 - 95 % yield.

See also the Moureau-Mignonac reaction.

 

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Created by Bogdan Bogdanov and Zoran Zdravkovski

May 15, 1997

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