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How will you convert ethyl bromide into propanoic acid ?

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`underset("Ethyl bromide")(C_(2)H_(5)Br) + KCN(alc)rarr underset("Ethyl cyanide")(C_(2)H_(5)-C)-=N+KBr`
`C_(2)H_(5)-C-=N + underset("(Excess)")(2H_(2)O) overset("Acidic hydrolysis")rarr C_(2)H_(5)COOH + NH_(3)`
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