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Wacker process:

The process of oxidation of terminal alkenes to aldehydes and ketones by using Palladium and Copper compounds as catalysts is called the Wacker process.

Palladium (II) chloride and Copper (II) chloride are used in this process along with Oxygen and water.

${\mathrm{CH}}_2={\mathrm{CH}}_2 \underset{{\mathrm{O}}_2,{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}}{\overset{{\mathrm{PdCl}}_2,{\mathrm{CuCl}}_2}{\to }}{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{CHO}$

The catalyst used in Wacker's process is ${\mathrm{PdCl}}_2$