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

Options

A. Tollen’s reagent
B. Fehling’s solution
C. `NaOH//I_2//H^+`
D. `NaOH//NaI//H^+`

Answer

C

Explanation

`C_(2)H_(5)-underset(O)underset(||)C-CH_(3) + I_(2)+NaOH rarr C_2H_5CO_(2)^(-)Na^(+)+CHl_3`
`C_(2)H_(5)CO_(2)^(-)Na^(+)overset(H^+)rarrC_(2)H_(5)COOH + Na^(+)`