Abstract
The oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde using PdCl2 and CuCl2 as catalysts under an oxygen atmosphere is well known as the Wacker process (Scheme 1), and is one of the most important industrial processes employing transition metal catalysts.1,2 This industrial oxidation reaction of ethylene involves the following three stoichiometric reactions. These sequential oxidation and reduction reactions constitute a catalytic cycle.
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