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Question
How will you bring about following conversions:
(a) Methane to methanol
(b) Ethane to ethanol (acetaldehyde)
(c) Methane to methanoic acid
Solution
(a) Methane to methanol:
\[\ce{2CH4 + O2 ->[cu][200°C] 2CH3OH}\]
(b) Ethane to ethanal(acetaldehyde):
\[\ce{2C2H6 + O2 ->[Cu][200°C] 2C2H5OH}\]
\[\ce{C2H5OH ->[K2Or2O7][acidic] CH3CHO}\]
(c) Methane to methanoic acid:
\[\ce{2CH4 + O2 ->[Cu][200°C] 2CH3OH}\]
\[\ce{CH3OH ->[K2Or2O7][acidic] HCHO ->[K2Or2O7][acidic] HCOOH}\]
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