The mechanism of organic reactions in the gaseous state: the kinetics of the oxidation of gaseous acetaldehyde.

A kinetic study of the oxidation of gaseous acetaldehyde by means of molecular oxygen is of interest for two reasons: 1} because it leads to a mechanism for the oxidation which differs in part from those already proposed for the auto-oxidation of acetaldehyde, this mechanism being in line with one of the several theories of oxidation; 2) because the kinetic chacteristics of this reaction compare in an interesting manner with those found in the auto-oxidation of other organic compounds. [...