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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

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  1. how will we convert acetic acid into propanoic acid?

Profile image of adil ahmad zargar
8 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of kumkum
8 Years ago
reduce acitic acid in presence of lithium aluminium hydrate it give ethanoic acid furthur react with pcl5 it give ethalechloride then react with kCN give ethylcynide furthur hydrolysis to give proponic acid
Profile image of Ahmed
8 Years ago
Its to simple! When acetic acid (CH3COOH) react with Grignard reagent the no.of carbon increases from two to three and with three carbons it is called as propanoic acid (CH3-CH2-COOH).Always remembered that Grignard reagent increases the no.of carbon atoms.

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