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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.

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(b) Propanol is warmed with dilute alkaline solution of potassium permanganate (5% solution) called baeyer's reagent. As a result the alcohol gets oxidised to acid known as propanoic acid.
`underset("Propanol")(CH_(3)CH_(2)CH_(2)OH)+underset("For Baeyer's (reagent)")(2(O))tounderset("Propanoic acid")(CH_(3)CH_(2)COOH)+H_(2)O`
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