How to convert esters to alcohols?
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Answer / tushar
Hydrolysis of ester we can get alcohol & carboxilic acid.
ex : Hydrolysis of 2- Butanoate we can get ethanol & acetic
acid
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Answer / mlondi shezi
Esters are hydrolyzed by HOH to Carboxylic acids,react with amines to amides,are reduced by hydrides to aldehydes,then to primary-OH,and react with Grignards to tertiary alcohols.You can also use LiAlH4 in the presence of H3O+,in which you will produce alcohol and LiOH.UKZN second year student.hope that helps
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Answer / ramesh
The hydrogenolysis of esters to alcohols is a reaction
between esters and hydrogen which selectively splits a C-0
bond adjacent to a carbonyl group (1).
Ester + Hydrogen ----Alcohol
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Answer / madhusudhan
by hydralysis we can get alcahol from esters
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Answer / jayesh patel
By alkalline hydrolysis of esters we get mixture of alcohol
and acid.
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Answer / guest
by esterification we have to convert esters to alcholos
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