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How is methyl alcohol converted to ethyl alcohol?

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Ethanol can be obtained from methanol in the following sequence of steps.
`CH_3OH overset(HI)(rarr)CH_3Ioverset(KCN)(rarr)CH_3CNoverset(H_3O^(+))(rarr)CH_3COOHunderset(H_2O)overset(LiAlH_4)(rarr)CH_3CH_2OH`.
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AAKASH SERIES-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS-EXAMPLES
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  2. Suggest a method for the conversion of CH(3)-CH(2)-NH(3) into ethyl al...

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  3. How is methyl alcohol converted to ethyl alcohol?

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  4. Write the order of reactivity of CH3OH(I), C2H5OH(II), underset("OH")u...

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  5. tert-Butyl alcohol is much more soluble in water than n-butyl alcohol....

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  6. What happens when one drinks ethanol mixed with methanol? Why?

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  7. Write the strucutre of the product and mechanism of the following reac...

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  8. Identify the stronger acid among the following: Butanol-1, butan-2-ol,...

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  9. A is the major product. What is 'A' ?

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  10. How do you distinguish between methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol?

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  13. Write structures of prudlucts of the following reactions : I) CH3CH=...

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  16. Write the aromatic structures of all isomers with the formula C7H8O.

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