Question

How will you prepare ethanol and acitic acid?


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Answer 1

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When O2 is nonexistence in the reaction system, ethanol is dehydrogenated to produce acetaldehyde, and then water, acting as the oxidizer, reacts with acetaldehyde to produce acetic acid, concomitantly releasing hydrogen gas. As Scheme 2 shows, the latter one is also named “aldehyde–water shift” reaction (AWS)...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!______!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!