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Question:

How will you convert the following in not more than two steps:(i) Benzoic acid to Benzaldehyde(ii) Acetophenone to Benzoic acid(iii) Ethanoic acid to 2-Hydroxyethanoic acid

Solution:

(iii)CH3COOH+Cl2→ClCH2COOHNaOH−−−−→HOCH2COOH
Ethanoic acid 2-Hydroxyethanoic acid