Photolytic oxidation of acetic and propionic acids by aqueous sodium hypochlorite has been studied. In the presence of excess of sodium hypochlorite, these acids were photo-oxidised effectively to CO, and H,O, but the reaction did not occur in the dark. By contrast, irradiation of an equimolar mixture of propionic acid and sodium hypochlorite gave the oxygenated products CH,CH(OH)
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