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Conversion :-1. Benzaldehyde from benzoic acid.2. m-nitrobenzene from benzaldehyde3. m-nitrobenzoic acid from benzene4. Butene from ethenol.

Conversion :-1. Benzaldehyde from benzoic acid.2. m-nitrobenzene from benzaldehyde3. m-nitrobenzoic acid from benzene4. Butene from ethenol.

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Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago
These are some of the ways to convert Benzoic Acid to Bezaldehyde:
(1) Use SOCl² , then Rosenmund's Red. by PD/BaSO4 (as shown in img above)
(2) Or we can use Lindlar's Catalyst. (as shown in above img)
(3) Use LiAlH4, then PCC or PDC.
Arun
25750 Points
6 years ago

Step 1 Convert Benzene into Toluene by using Friedal craft alkylation CH3Cl + AlCl3. You will get toluene

Step 2 Now Oxidise Toluene by using Hot KMnO4 into Benzoic acid. Here -COOH group acts as meta director for ArSE reactions.

Step 3 Perform nitration on Benzoic acid and you will get m-nitro benzoic acid.

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