Question

What happens when Ethylene is treated with water gas in presence of cobalt carbonyl and the product is reduced with hydrogen in presence of Ni.

Answer 1

Explanation:

aldehydes which can be further reduced to alcohols by hydrogen

Alkenes combine with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in presence of octa carbonyl dicobalt as catalyst under high temperature and pressure to form aldehydes which can be further reduced to alcohols by hydrogen.

R−CH=CH2+H2+CO[Co2(CO)8] high temperature and pressure.RCH2CH2CHO→H2RCH2CH2CH2OH