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Acetic acid is oxidised to peracetic acid by hydrogen peroxide. Water is removed to shift the equilibrium.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

CH3COOH
  +  
HOOH
  +  
H2SO4
         
CH3COOOH
  +  
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Acetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen peroxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Sulfuric acid Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Peracetic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent

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