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How would you bring about the following conversions? Name the process and write the reaction involved. (a) Ethanol to ethene. (b) Propanol to propanoic acid.

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SOLUTION :(a) By the dehydration of ethanol in the presence of concentrated `H_(2)SO_(4)`.
`CH_(3)CH_(2)OH underset("HEAT")overset("Conc. "H_(2)SO_(4)) to CH_(2)=CH_(2)+H_(2)O`
(B) By the oxidation of propanol using oxidising AGENT such as alkaline `KMnO_(4)`.
`CH_(3)CH_(2)CH_(2)OH underset("Heat") overset("ALK. "KMnO_(4)) to CH_(3)CH_(2)COOH+H_(2)O`


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