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How will you prepare a pure sample of propane ?

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Propane is an unsymmetrical alkane, it cannot be prepared by Wurtz reaction. However, it can be easily prepared by Corey-House reaction as shown below :
`underset"Ethyl bromide"(CH_3CH_2)-Br+2Li overset"Dry ether"to underset"Ethyllithum"(CH_3CH_2-Li+LiBr)`
`2CH_3CH_2-Li+CuI overset"Dry ether " to underset"Lithium diethylcopper"((CH_3CH_2)_2CuLi)+LiI`
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