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IN the course of experiments which have been carried out during the last two years on the photo-chemical oxidation of acetaldehyde, an observation has been made which does not seem to be recorded in the literature. It has been found that when pure liquid acetaldehyde is shaken at ordinary temperature with oxygen in daylight or in the dark, a rapid absorption of gas occurs and a peroxide is formed. 2.c.c. of liquid aldehyde, shaken for one minute with oxygen, absorb more than 1 c.c. of gas, and on adding the liquid to a solution of potassium iodide, iodine is liberated equivalent to about 8 c.c. of n/100 thiosulphate solution.
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BOWEN, E., TIETZ, E. The Oxidation of Acetaldehyde by Oxygen. Nature 124, 914 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124914a0
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