Question

How the following conversion can be carried out? Toluene to benzyl alcohol

Answer 1

Benzyl liquor is set up from toluene by warming it with KMnO4 and Na2CO3 in aqu. answer for 1 and half hrs.

It is then sifted and killed watery extricated by HCl to get strong benzoic corrosive.

Toluene on treatment with Cl2, hv - CH2Cl (benzene ring) or, in other words, at that point treat it with aq.