
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Poppleton, BJ 
A1  - Mulcahy, MFR 
T1  - Catalysis of the slow combustion of acetaldehyde by alkali halides
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1966
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
SP  - 65
EP  - 74
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9660065 
N2  - Solid alkali halides catalyse the slow combustion of acetaldehyde vapour at 100-125º. The catalysis (by chlorides) is not sensitive to the nature of the cation (Li+, K+, Cs+, Ca2+, Ba2+) but changes drastically with a change in anion, the relative catalytic effects being in the order Br-»Cl- > F-. I- probably exerts an inhibitory effect. The catalysis is attributed tentatively to the sensitizing action of free halogen produced by reaction of acetyl hydroperoxide with the halide. There is a general kinetic similarity with the much weaker catalysis by glass observed by previous workers. 
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