How will you convert -: Ethane into 2- hydroxypropanoic acid
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Explanation:first react Ethane with HCN and then add H3O+ then 2 hydroxypropanoic acid will be obtained
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By alpha-halogenation of propanoic acid in presence of halogen with red phosphorus we get alpha-halocarboxylic acid (called Hell Vohlard Zelinsky reaction)and further on hydrolysis of this product will give you 2-hydroxypropanoic acid
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