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Determination of kinetic data for the transformation of methylglyoxal

J. Königstein, D. Anderle, and M. Fedoroňko

Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 809 33 Bratislava

Abstract:  The transformations of methylglyoxal, namely oxidation-reduction disproportionation into lactic acid and aldolization reactions, were investigated in alkaline medium (Na₂CO₃, NaOH) as a system of parallel reactions of the first and second order. The rate and catalytic constants were determined by a numerical calculation involving the method of least squares from polaro­graphie and potentiometrie investigations of the course of the transformation reactions.

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Chemical Papers 35 (4) 471–479 (1981)