{"title":"Noncatalytic Cannizzaro-type Reaction of Formaldehyde in Hot Water (INTERFACE SCIENCE-Solutions and Interfaces)","authors":"Y. Tsujino, C. Wakai, N. Matubayasi, M. Nakahara","doi":"10.1246/CL.1999.287","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In hot water heated up to 250 °C and 4 MPa, methanol and formic acid are produced from the Cannizzaro-type reaction of formaldehyde without a catalyst, although this disproportionation reaction is well-known to occur in the presence of a large amount of base catalysts in ambient conditions. Formic acid further undergoes the hydride transfer reaction with formaldehyde, and the final yield of methanol exceeds 50%.","PeriodicalId":13086,"journal":{"name":"ICR annual report","volume":"25 1","pages":"10-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"41","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ICR annual report","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1246/CL.1999.287","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In hot water heated up to 250 °C and 4 MPa, methanol and formic acid are produced from the Cannizzaro-type reaction of formaldehyde without a catalyst, although this disproportionation reaction is well-known to occur in the presence of a large amount of base catalysts in ambient conditions. Formic acid further undergoes the hydride transfer reaction with formaldehyde, and the final yield of methanol exceeds 50%.