nelsonB
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(1. Methyl chloride to Methylmagnesium chloride) (2.Methylmagnesium chloride to methanoic acid)
Hi
i am wondering if its could be done in that method
reacting liquified Methyl chloride with metallic magnesium
to get Methylmagnesium chloride
and then bubbling Co2 in a solution of Methylmagnesium chloride ?
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If you bubble CO2 through methylmagnesium chloride, followed by acidification, you'll get acetic (ethanoic) acid, not methanoic (formic).
Please remember: "Filtrate" is not a verb.
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nelsonB
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Oh yeah sorry i din't see that
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Oxidation of methanol over copper qives methanoic acid.
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