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How to convert acetic acid to propanoic acid?

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Answered by Jawwad20
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Maybe is what you are looking for. First convert acetic acid into acetyl chloride using SOCl2. Then treat the acetyl chloride with diazomethane to get diazo compound which can be converted to propionic acid.

The mechanism of the last reaction is very interesting:

It involves rearrangenent and formation of ketene, which is subsequently quenched with water.

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