How do you bring about the following conversion?
Ethyne to Acetic acid

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Solution

The conversion of ethyne to acetic acid is given below:
$H C \equiv C H + 2 H_{2} P d - \to H_{3} C - {C H}_{3}$
$H_{3} C - {C H}_{3} + {C l}_{2} s u n l i g h t - ---- \to H_{3} C - {C H}_{2} - C l + H C l$
$H_{3} C - {C H}_{2} - C l + {K O H}_{(a q)} \to {C H}_{3} - {C H}_{2} - O H A l k . K M n O_{4} - ------ \to {C H}_{3} C O O H$

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