how to convert benzyl alcohol to phenylethanoic acid
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Benzyl alcohol is C6H5CH2OH.Treat it with dry HCl to get benzyl chloride.Treat benzyl chloride with KCN to get benzyl nitrile(C6H5CH2CN).Do hydrolysis with dil.HCl u will get 2-phenylethanoic acid..
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Benzyl alcohol reacts with PCI5 to form benzyl chloride .benzyl chloride reacts with KCN (nucleophilic substitution) to get C6H5CH2CN THEn do complete hydrolysis of the cyanide to get 2 phenylethanoic acid
ii) C2 h5 CL + kcn gives C2 h5 CN + KCL then C2 h5 CN + H2O(H+) games C2 h5 0h propanoic acid
ii) C2 h5 CL + kcn gives C2 h5 CN + KCL then C2 h5 CN + H2O(H+) games C2 h5 0h propanoic acid
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