Question

Commercially carboxylic acids are reduced to alcohols by converting them to the ______.

Options

• esters

• aldehydes

• ketones

• amines

Answer 1

Commercially carboxylic acids are reduced to alcohols by converting them to the esters.

Explanation:

Commerically, acids are reduced to alcohols by converting them to the esters, followed by their reduction using hydrogen in the presence of catalyst (catalytic hydrogenation).

\[\ce{RCOOH ->[R'OH][H+] RCOOR' ->[H2][Catalyst] RCH2OH + R'OH}\]