How is acetic acid prepared from
(b) acetylene

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Solution

Acetylene is first converted to acetaldehyde by passing through $40 % H_{2} S O_{4}$ at $60^{o} C$ in the presence of $1 % H g S O_{4}$ .

The acetaldehyde is then oxidised to acetic acid in the presence of catalyst manganese acetate at $70^{o} C$ .

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(a) Write balanced equations

(i) when butane is burnt in oxygen
(ii) preparation of ethylene from ethyl alcohol.

(b)

(i)Convert ethane to acetic acid
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