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04/10/2021 12:17 pm
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How would you convert:
(a) ethanol into ethene?
(b) propanol into propanoic acid?
Name the process in each case and write the equations of the reactions involved.
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04/10/2021 12:49 pm
(a) Dehydration: conversion of ethanol into ethene
\(CH_3CH_2OH + 2[O] \underset{(Dehydration)}{\stackrel{Conc. H2SO4; 170°C}{\longrightarrow}}\)\(CH_3COOH + H_2O\)
(b) Oxidation: conversion of propanol to propanoic acid
\(CH_3CH_2OH + 2[O] \underset{or\;acidified\;K_2Cr_2O_7}{\stackrel{Alkaline\;KMnO_4;Heat}{\longrightarrow}}\)\(CH_3COOH + H_2O\)