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Question
How will you prepare acetaldehyde from ethyne?
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Solution
Conversion of ethyne into acetaldehyde:
\[\ce{\underset{(Ethyne)}{CH ≡ CH} + H2O ->[{1%}{HgSO_4}][{40%}{H_2SO_4}] \underset{(Acetaldehyde)}{CH3CHO}}\]
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