CHAPTER-4 Carbon and its Compounds
Short Answer Questions
QUESTION-54
- How would you bring about the following conversions? Name the process and write the reaction
involved.
(a) ethanol to ethene.
b) propanol to propanoic acid. Write the reactions.
SOLUTION
a) Ethene is formed when ethanol is heated at 443 K with excess of concentrated sulphuric acid.
b) Propanol is treated with alkaline Potassium permanganate or acidified Potassium-di-chromate to obtain propanoic acid.
