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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: krutas on May 15, 2019, 04:56:54 AM

Title: CH3OH + CuO various oxidation reaction products
Post by: krutas on May 15, 2019, 04:56:54 AM
 Which reaction is true? Or maybe both?
CH3OH + 2CuO = HCOOH + 2 Cu + H2O
CH3OH + 2CuO = HCHO + Cu2O + H2O
How to explain this since the ratio of substrates in both reactions is the same.