In this video we will be making butyric acid by oxidizing 1-butanol (n-butanol) using KMno4. Chemicals: -6.2mL 1-butanol -14g KMno4 -1.5g sodium carbonate -2M H2SO4 -Diethyl ether -90mL 3% H2O2 ...
Because manufacturing butanol was expensive and inefficient, and the same bushel of corn could make 2.5 gallons of ethanol, but only 1.3 gallons of butanol. Skip to main content NEWS ...