2444.     NEWITT, D. M. AND GARDNER, J. B.  Initial Formation of Alcohols During the Slow Combustion of Methane and Ethane at Atmospheric Pressure.  Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. 154, A, 1936, pp. 329-335; Chem. Abs., vol. 30, 1936, p. 4461.

        By removing and analyzing the products formed by the surface reactions during the induction periods of the slow combustion of CH₄ and C₂H₆, it was found that MeOH and EtOH were formed in quantities comparable with those of the corresponding aldehydes, the alcohol:aldehyde ratio diminishing, however, as the induction approached completion.  It was also proved that the formation of the alcohols preceded that of the aldehydes.