Identify the compounds A, B and C: (i) C6H5COOHPCl5−−−−−−−→AHz−Pd/BaSO4−−−−−−−−−−−−−→BKCN(alc)−−−−−−−−−−→distilC (ii) H−C≡C−HH2O−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−→dilH2SO4+HgSO4AH2−−−−−→NiB140oC−−−−−−−−−−−→concH2SO4C
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(i) Benzoic acid reacts with PCl5 to form benzoyl chloride. Reduction with H2−Pd/BaSO4 gives benzaldehdye. Reaction with alcoholic KCN gives cyanohydrin.
(ii) Hydration of ethyne with H2O/HgSO4/H2SO4 gives acetaldehyde. Hydrogenation in presence of Ni catalyst gives ethanol. On heating with conc sulphuric acid at 140oC, diethyl ether is obtained.
H−C≡C−HH2O−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−→dilH2SO4+HgSO4CH3CHO AH2−−−−−→NiCH3CH2OH B140o−−−−−−−−−−−→concH2SO4CH3CH2OCH2CH3 C