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Acetaldehyde from Ethylene—A Retrospective on the Discovery of the Wacker Process
Author(s) -
Jira Reinhard
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200903992
Subject(s) - wacker process , acetaldehyde , ethylene , process (computing) , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , ethanol , catalysis , operating system
The Wacker oxidation for the conversion of ethylene into acetaldehyde is one of the most important processes in the chemical industry. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication on this process in Angewandte Chemie —an occasion for a retrospective from one of the original authors, Reinhard Jira.