Question
How will you bring about the following conversion in not more than two step?Ethanol to 3-Hydroxybutanal.

Answer

Ethanol to 3-Hydroxybutanal:$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{OH}\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |\\\text{CH}_3\text{CH}_2\text{OH}\xrightarrow{\ \text{Cu/573k}\ \ }\text{CH}_3\text{CHO}\xrightarrow{ \ \text{Dil NaOH}\ \ \ }\text{CH}_3-\text{CH}-\text{CH}_2\text{CHO}$

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