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Wacker process
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<p>The Wacker process or the Hoechst-Wacker process (named after the chemical companies of the same name) is an industrial <a href="/facts/Chemical_reaction/GpqWlKrz">chemical reaction</a>: the aerobic oxidation of <a href="/facts/Ethylene/QMNBYLYn">ethylene</a> to <a href="/facts/Acetaldehyde/QllLbSUe">acetaldehyde</a> in the presence of <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalytic</a>, aqueous <a href="/facts/Palladium(II)_chloride/ECyezouw">palladium(II) chloride</a> and <a href="/facts/Copper(II)_chloride/saTjsWXT">copper(II) chloride</a>. </p> <p>The Tsuji-Wacker oxidation refers to a family of reactions inspired by the Wacker process. In Tsuji-Wacker reactions, palladium(II) catalyzes transformation of <a href="/facts/%25CE%2591-olefin/lzbLgU7Q">α-olefins</a> into <a href="/facts/Carbonyl_compounds/KJ71bo3X">carbonyl compounds</a> in various <a href="/facts/Solvent/LoMPMz8S">solvents</a>. </p> <p>The development of the Wacker process popularized modern <a href="/facts/Organopalladium_chemistry/19HtzTI1">organopalladium chemistry</a>, and Tsuji-Wacker oxidations remain in use today. </p>