Question

How to convert butane to butanoic acid?

Answer 1

CONVERSATION.....

Butane to Butanoic acid ….

✔️Chlorination of Butane to give 1-chloroButane

✔️Addition of KOH(aq) to give 1-butan-ol

✔️Oxidation from KMnO4 to give Butanoic acid

Answer 2

carbon tetrachloride can be prepared by the free radicial substitution of the hydrogen atoms of the methane by chlorine

ch4+ 4c12== cc14+4hc1