Alcohols and Ethers - Result Question 57
####62. State the conditions under which the following preparations are carried out. Give necessary equations which need not be balanced.
(i) Ethanol from acetylene
(ii) Lead tetraethyl from sodium-lead alloy
(iii) Methyl chloride from aluminium carbide
(1983, 3M)
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Solution:
- (i) $H-C \equiv C-H \xrightarrow[H _2 SO _4]{HgSO _4} CH _3-CHO \xrightarrow[H _2]{\text { Catalyst }}$ $CH _3 CH _2 OH$
(iii) $Al _4 C _3 \xrightarrow{H _2 O} Al(OH) _3+CH _4$
$CH _4+Cl _2 \xrightarrow{h \nu} CH _3 Cl+HCl$
