{"id":148898,"date":"2024-02-27T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=148898"},"modified":"2024-02-27T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:45:23","slug":"how-will-you-convert-the-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/quiz\/how-will-you-convert-the-following","title":{"rendered":"How will you convert the following :&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How will you convert the following :<\/h2>\n<p>(i) Toluene to benzoic acid.<br \/>\n(ii) Ethanol to 3-Hydroxybutanal<\/p>\n<h3>Ans.\u00a0 To convert toluene to benzoic acid, you need to carry out the following steps:<\/h3>\n<h3>(i) Oxidation of Toluene to Benzaldehyde: Toluene can be oxidized to benzaldehyde using reagents like potassium permanganate (KMnO4) or chromic acid (H2CrO4).<\/h3>\n<h3>(ii) Further Oxidation of Benzaldehyde to Benzoic Acid: Benzaldehyde, obtained from the oxidation of toluene, can be further oxidized to benzoic acid using strong oxidizing agents like alkaline potassium permanganate (KMnO4) or chromic acid (H2CrO4).<\/h3>\n<h3>To convert ethanol to 3-hydroxybutanal, you need to perform the following steps:<\/h3>\n<h3>(i) Oxidation of Ethanol to Acetaldehyde: Ethanol can be oxidized to acetaldehyde using oxidizing agents like acidified potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7\/H2SO4).<\/h3>\n<h3>(ii) Condensation of Acetaldehyde with Formaldehyde: Acetaldehyde, obtained from the oxidation of ethanol, can undergo a condensation reaction with formaldehyde to form 3-hydroxybutanal. This reaction is commonly known as the Cannizzaro reaction and proceeds in the presence of a base such as hydroxide ion (OH-) to form the corresponding aldol.<\/h3>\n<h3>These are the general strategies for the conversion of toluene to benzoic acid and ethanol to 3-hydroxybutanal. However, specific reaction conditions and reagents may vary depending on the reaction conditions and desired yields.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will you convert the following : (i) Toluene to benzoic acid. (ii) Ethanol to 3-Hydroxybutanal Ans.\u00a0 To convert toluene to benzoic acid, you need to carry out the following steps: (i) Oxidation of Toluene to Benzaldehyde: Toluene can be oxidized to benzaldehyde using reagents like potassium permanganate (KMnO4) or chromic acid (H2CrO4). (ii) Further [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21830,"featured_media":114041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12119],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-148898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148899,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148898\/revisions\/148899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}