How will you obtain benzene from ethyl alcohol ?
1 Answer
Oct 5, 2016
It's possible using a 4-step synthesis:
Explanation:
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The dehydration of ethanol in the presence of conc.
#"H"_2"SO"_4# gives ethene:
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The bromination of ethene with bromine water gives
#1,2# -dibromoethane:
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The dehydrohalogenation of
#1,2# -dibromoethane with alcoholic#"KOH"# gives acetylene:
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Passing acetylene through a red-hot copper tube polymerises it to benzene:
