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Reactivity Documentation

Aldehydes

mixed with

Salts, Basic

Summary

Details

Aldehydes is a reactive group.
Salts, Basic is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Aldehydes mixed with
Salts, Basic

Hazard Predictions

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