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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) (to)CH_3I overset(KCN)(to) CH_3CN overset(H_2O^+)(to) CH_3COOH underset(H_2O)overset(LiA//H_4)(to) CH_3CH_2OH`
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