Open AccessThe formation of methyl alcohol and formaldehyde in the slow combustion of methane at high pressures
Author(s) -
D. M. Newitt,
A. E. Haffner
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1932.0007
Subject(s) - methane , hydrocarbon , formaldehyde , combustion , chemistry , alcohol , mechanism (biology) , hydroxylation , organic chemistry , philosophy , epistemology , enzyme
The isolation and identification of the primary oxidation product of hydrocarbon are so important from the point of view of the theory of hydrocarbon combustion that chemists have spared no effort to overcome the difficulties involved, but so far with incomplete success. The mechanism of the oxidation process was elucidated many years ago by the researches of Professor W. A. Bone and his collaborators as one essentially of hydroxylation, in the case of methane as involving the following stages:—