bring about following conversions (a) acetic acid into ethyl alcohol. (b) acetone into tertbutyl alcohol.
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Aluminum Lithium hydride is used as a reducing agent which reduces carbonyl compound into alcohols. So, when acetic acid is treated with aluminum lithium hydride in the presence of ether followed by the hydrolysis in acidic medium yields ethanol as a product.
Acetone is first reacted with Grignard Reagent (Methyl Magnesium Bromide). It undergoes coupling reaction to form methyl oxy- magnesium bromide. b) This intermediate product is made to undergo hydrolysis to ultimately form tertiary butyl alcohol.
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