Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives - Result Question 63
####49. How will you bring about the following conversion?
“Ethanoic acid to a mixture of methanoic acid and diphenyl ketone.”
$(1990,2 M)$
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Solution:
- $CH _3-COOH \xrightarrow{PCl _5} CH _3 COCl \xrightarrow[AlCl _3]{C _6 H _6} C _6 H _5-\stackrel{|}{O}-CH _3$
$\xrightarrow{O _3 / H _2 O _2} C _6 H _5-\stackrel{O}{C}-C _6 H _5+H-COOH$
