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Starting with ethyne, how will you prepare pentan-2-one ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :`underset"Pent-2-yne"(CH_3-C-=C-CH_2CH_3+H_2O)underset"333 K"overset(60% H_2SO_4, HgSO_4)to [CH_3-oversetoverset"OH"|C=CHCH_2CH_3]overset"Tautomerises"to underset"Pentan-2-one (major ISOMER)"(CH_3-oversetoverset(O)(||)C-CH_2CH_2CH_3)` | |