A Simplified Method For The Preparation Of Butyric Acid

Authors

Lallance A. Adair, Southern Methodist University
E. J. Simmons, Southern Methodist University

Publication Date

11-1-1933

Abstract

As an elective experiment in the class in organic preparations it was decided to make pure butyric acid from n-butyl acetate. To accomplish this the plan followed was (1) the hydrolysis of the ester to obtain n-butyl alcohol, (2) the oxidation of the alcohol to the acid, and (3) the separation of the acid from the mixture.

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Recommended Citation

Adair, Lallance A. and Simmons, E. J. (1933) "A Simplified Method For The Preparation Of Butyric Acid," Field and Laboratory: Vol. 2 : No. 1.
Available at: https://scholar.smu.edu/fieldandlab/vol2/iss1/7