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Write a chemical reaction for the following conversion: Acetic acid into ethyl alcohol.

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Write a chemical reaction for the following conversion:

Acetic acid into ethyl alcohol.

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Solution

\[\ce{\underset{Acetic acid}{CH3COOH} ->[(i) LiAlH4][(ii) H3O^⊕] \underset{Ethyl alcohol}{CH3CH2 - OH}}\]

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