For industrial use concentrated acetic acid is prepared from the oxidation of acetaldehyde .
Acetic acid is also a product in the destructive distillation of wood.
It reacts with other chemicals to form numerous compounds of commercial importance. Amyl acetate is sometimes called banana oil because it has a characteristic banana odor. Click here to see documents from Electric Library, a pay service. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .