An industrially used method of manufacturing this compound using a cobalt acetate catalyst, developed by Celanese, is the liquid-phase oxidation of n-butane.
An experimental process for manufacturing this compound from n-butenes using titanium and tin vanadate catalysts was investigated by Huls, and Bayer studied a similar process using only 1- and 2- butenes. An industrially used method of manufacturing this compound using a cobalt acetate catalyst, developed by Celanese, is the liquid-phase oxidation of n-butane. This majority of this compound is produced using a process in which methanol reacts with (*) hydrogen iodide to form methyl iodide, which then reacts with carbon monoxide to form an acyl iodide in a step catalyzed by a rhodium- or iridium-based compound. That acyl iodide reacts with water to produce, for 10 points, what two-carbon carboxylic acid produced in the Monsanto process and found in vinegar?
An experimental process for manufacturing this compound from n-butenes using titanium and tin vanadate catalysts was investigated by Huls, and Bayer studied a similar process using only 1- and 2- butenes.
Acetic Acid