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_2H_5-underset(O)underset(||)C-CH_(3) + I_(2) + NaOH rarr C_(2)H_(5)CO_(2)^(-)Na^(+) + CHI_(3)`
`C_(2)H_(5)CO_(2)^(-)Na^(+) overset(H^+) rarr C_(2)H_(5)COOH + Na^(+)`