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[*] posted on 12-6-2004 at 15:49
ethanol from potassium acetate

Hi

How can we get ethanol from potassium acetate?

what are the reaction here?

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[*] posted on 12-6-2004 at 16:51


Why try to get blood from a turnip? Why not start with sugar and yeast like everyone else does? Joking aside, why start with such an odd place like potassium acetate? Is this a homework assignment?
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[*] posted on 12-6-2004 at 19:35


A good reducing agent is necessary like Lithium aluminum hydride, however other reducing agents, some of which would normally be considered swappable are not in this case, for example, sodium borohydride will not easily reduce carboxylic acids.

Here is a decent quickly found google page.

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[*] posted on 13-6-2004 at 11:22


Hi

thank you very much

but how can we get acetic acid from potassium acetate?
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[*] posted on 13-6-2004 at 11:58


Please search before you post.

This is a VERY basic question.



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[*] posted on 13-6-2004 at 12:49


Hi

Where can I search?
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[*] posted on 13-6-2004 at 13:31


Google? MSN? Ixquick? Alltheweb? Altavista?

The search button on top of this page perhaps???

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