Synthesis of acetic acid from acetylene

Acetylene can be converted into acetic acid in 2 steps:

1. reaction of acetylene with water (in the presence of sulphuric acid, and mercuric sulphate as catalysts) to produce acetaldehyde.

2. acetaldehyde is then oxidized (with potassium dichromate for example) to produce acetic acid.

this overall reaction is given by the following equation:

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