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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

convert acetic acid to acetylene

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11 Years ago
Firsrt convert Acetic Acid to methane

CH3COOH + NaOH (CaO) -------> CH4 + By products

In this reaction NaOH first converts acetic acid to its salt and then CaO decarboxylates it to directly give methane.

Methane undergoes pyrolysis to give a acetylene