The proportion of difunctional and monofunctional products with the original carbon skeleton was determined in the oxidates of n‐decane, n‐tridecane, n‐pentadecane, and n‐octadecane to about 0.32. This proportion does not significantly depend on the conversion of the starting paraffin. As well as mono‐ and difunctional products with the original carbon skeleton already at very low conversions of n‐tridecane, about 45% of lower oxygen‐containing compounds, for example aldehydes, alkan‐2‐ones, carboxylic acids and γ‐lactones, are also obtained. Obviously, a part of the difunctional primary products reacts very fast with scission of the carbon chain, forming lower oxygen‐containing compounds.
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