Reactivity Documentation
Aldehydes |
mixed with |
Salts, Basic |
Summary
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
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May produce the following gases:
- Carbon Dioxide
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Salts, Basic
Hazard Predictions
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Acrolein reacts exothermically with sodium acetate, producing heat (Etzkorn, W.G., S.E. Pedersen, and T.E. Snead. 2004. Acrolein and derivatives. In Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Online)).
Air-oxidization of acetaldehyde in the presence of cobalt acetate forms explosive 1-hydroxyethyl peroxyacetate, which is friction-sensitive (Phillips, B. et al. 1954. Journal of the American Chemical Society 79:5982.).
Aldehydes react with ammonium formate to liberate inert CO2 gas, which is known as the "Leuckart Reaction" (Smith, P. A. S., Open-Chain Nitrogen Compounds, Vol. I. New York: W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1965, pp. 67).
Aldehydes can undergo base-catalyzed addition reactions, called aldol additions. With weak bases such as basic salts, these reactions are unlikely to go to completion without special manipulation. Some heat may be generated (Loudon, Marc. 2002. Organic Chemistry. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1014-1016).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2)