Round and Round with Palladium

Chemical Education Highlights

Authors

  • Catherine E. Housecroft Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, BPR 1095, Mattenstrasse 22, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2026.724

Keywords:

Catalysis, Chemical education, Ethene, Sensor, Wacker process

Abstract

An introduction to catalytic cycles by using the Wacker process that converts ethene to ethanal is complemented by illustrating the working principles of a chemiresistor to detect ethene at the parts-per-billion level.

CHIMIA Vol. 80 No. 10 (2026): Navigating the Natural Chemical Space and its Fringes

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Published

2026-10-28

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Vol. 80 No. 10 (2026): Navigating the Natural Chemical Space and its Fringes

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Columns, Conference Reports

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C. E. Housecroft, Chimia 2026, 80, 724, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2026.724.