PROCESS FOR PREPARING CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

摘要

- 1 - HOE 85/F 109 Process for preparing carboxylic acids The invention relates to a process for preparing carboxylic acids by platinum-catalyzed oxidation of primary alcohols of limited water solubility with oxygen in a mixture of water and a solubilizer. The solubilizer used is an ether of the general formula R10(CH2CH20)nR2, where n is 1 and R1 and R2 are alkyl radicals having 1 - 4 carbon atoms.