Chemistry, asked by sivaranjini2776, 1 year ago

How will be convart ethanol to ethyl acetate

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Answered by akshkhurana59
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C2H5OH + conc. H2SO4 (170℃)=C2H4 (ethene)

C2H5OH+Dil. KMnO4 [O] = CH3COOH

CH3COOH + SOCl2= CH3COCl

CH3COCl+ Pd+ baso4 + xylene=CH3CHO

CH3CHO + Al(OC2H5)3 = CH3COOC2H5 (Ethyl acetate)

Answered by FTZ
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The overall transformation is:

2 CH3CH2OH + [O] → CH3C(=O)OCH2CH3 + x H2O

The individual steps are first, oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid and this can be done with a variety of reagents such as dichromate ([O]).

CH3CH2OH + [O] → CH3C(=O)-OH + H2O

(where [O] is the oxidant and water necessarily forms).

Then, the second step is an esterification, typically catalyzed by acid:

CH3C(=O)-OH + CH3CH2OH (+ acid catalyst) → CH3C(=O)OCH2CH3 + H2O
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