Properties and Production of Acetic Acid

Dissolving plastics, fibers, and cleaning lab glassware

A quarter of acetone becomes methyl methacrylate, a key plastic ingredient

Extremely flammable and low toxicity

<p>Due to sunlight with a 22-day half-life</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High solubility in water</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Found in vinegar, strong odor, sting, weak acid, crucial for making plastics, films, adhesives, and synthetic fabrics, made naturally and synthetically</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Methanol and carbon monoxide react to produce acetic acid using a metal complex usually as a catalyst</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Naturally (fermentation) and synthetically</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As a metabolic byproduct</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cumene process (benzene + propylene), direct propylene oxidation, or 2-propanol oxidation</p> Signup and view all the answers