Integrated process for synthesizing alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins from alkanes

A method of converting ethane to acetaldehyde comprising:

• providing a first reactor zone;
• providing a quantity of ethane;
• providing a quantity of a halogen selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine;
• reacting the ethane with the halogen in the first reactor zone and thereby forming haloethane;
• providing a second reactor zone;
• providing a third reactor zone;
• providing a quantity of a metaloxide within the third reactor zone;
• directing the haloethane from the first reactor zone through the second reactor zone to the third reactor zone for reaction with the metaloxide therein to form acetaldehyde and metal halide.