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Question
Under what conditions does ethane gets converted to Ethyl alcohol
Solution 1
When a mixture of ethane and oxygen is compressed to about 120atm pressure and passed over copper tubes at 475K, ethyl alcohol is formed.
`2C_2H_6 +O_2` 
`2C_2H_5OH`
Solution 2
When a mixture of ethane and oxygen is compressed to about 120atm pressure and passed over copper tubes at 475K, ethyl alcohol is formed.
\[\ce{2C2H6 + O2 ->[120atm][Cutubes,475K]2C2H5OH}\]
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