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How will you bring about the following conversions : (i) Ethanoic acid to ethanol (ii) Ethanol to ethanal ?

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Solution :(i) Ethanoic acid to ethanol
`CH_(3)COOH underset("Reduction")overset(LiAlH_(4))RARR CH_(3)CH_(2)OH]`
(ii) Ethanol to ETHANAL
`CH_(3)CH_(2)OH underset(CrO_(3)//CH_(3)COOH)overset((O))rarr CH_(3)CHO`


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