Abstract
A combination of platinum(II) ion and metallic platinum is found to oxidise ethane to a mixture of acetic and glycolic acids in aqueous medium in the presence of oxygen; the platinum(II) ion is responsible for the initial C-H activation step leading eventually to the formation of ethanol and ethylene glycol, while metallic platinum catalyses the subsequent air oxidation of the alcohols to the corresponding acids.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 508-510 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1992 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Medicine