Question

How will you convert

(i) Ethanol to acetone [2008]



(ii) Benzene to acetophenone [2008]



(iii) Benzoic acid to benzaldehyde [2008]



(iv) Ethyl magnesium chloride to propan-1-ol [2008]



(v) Benzyl chloride to benzyl alcohol [2008]



(vi) Propanone to propene [2008]



(vii) Benzaldehyde to benzophenone [2008]



(viii) Ethanol to 3-hydroxybutanal [2008]



(ix) Benzoic acid from ethyl benzene. [2009]



(x) Benzaldehyde from toluene. [2009]



(xi) Bromobenzene to 1-phenylethanol [2009]



(xii) Aniline to nitrobenzene



(xiii) Ethanamine to N-ethylethanamide



(xiv) Chloroethane to propan-1-amine



(xv) Methyl magnesium bromide to 2-methylpropan-2-ol



(xvi) Ethanal to but-2-enal



(xvii) Propene to propan-2-ol



(xviii) Ethylmagnesium chloride to propan-1-ol.



(xix) Phenol to benzoquinone



(xx) Propanone to 2-methylpropan-2-ol



(xxi) Cyclohexanol to cyclohexan-1-one



(xxii) Bromobenzene to benzoic acid



(xxiii) Ethylcyanide to ethanoic acid



(xxiv) Butan-1-ol to butanoic acid



(xxv) Methylbenzene to benzoic acid



(xxvi) Benzene to Benzaldehyde



(xxvii) Picric acid (2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol) from phenol



(xxviii) 2-Methylpropene from 2-methylpropanol



(xxix) Aniline to iodobenzene



(xxx) ethanol to ethane



(xxxi) But-2-enal from ethanol



(xxxii) Butanoic acid from butanol



(xxxiii) Aniline to benzyl alcohol



(xxxiv) Nitrobenzene to benzoic acid



(xxxv) Benzyl chloride to 2-phenylethanamine



(xxxvi) Benzoic acid to m-bromobenzoic acid





(xxxvii) 4-Methylacetophenone to benzene-1, 4-dicarboxlylic acid.

Answer 1

I.at first ethanol is heated with conc H2so4 then alkene is formed and alkene is reacts with o2os presence of Zn.h20 the acetone is formed I hope I clearly solve the conversion