How do I get propanoic acid from chloropropane?
Chloropropane, apparently, with a reagent will form another compound. This compound with a reagent, dichromate, forms propanoic acid. What is, firstly, the initial reagent? and secondly, the middle compound?
Chloropropane, apparently, with a reagent will form another compound. This compound with a reagent, dichromate, forms propanoic acid. What is, firstly, the initial reagent? and secondly, the middle compound?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Alkyl halide to alcohol, and the alcohol is then oxidized up to the alkanoic acid with acidified potassium permanganate or potassium dichromate.
Alternatively, if we started with
And then follows hydroboration to give the primary alcohol, followed by oxidation as before.