How will you convert butan -2-one to propanoic acid?

Options

A. Tollen's reagent
B. Fehling solution
C. `NaOH//l_(2)//H^(+)`
D. `NaOH//Nal//H^(+)`

Answer

C

Explanation

`underset(("ethyl methyl ketone")) underset("Butan-2-one") overset(O) overset(||)(CH_(3)-C-CH_(2))-CH_(3)+3I_(2)+4NaOH to underset("lodofomr") (CHI_(3)darr) +C_(2)H_(5)CO overset(-)O overset(+)Na+3NaI+3H_(2)O`
`C_(2)H_(5)CO overset(-)O overset(+)Na+H^(+) to underset("Propanoic acid")(C_(2)H_(5)COOH)+Na^(+)`