Easy Way To Convert Ethanol To Butyne?

How do you convert ethanol to butyne?

Ethanol contains alcohol group which is to be converted first into an halide (say Cl), and then the ethyl chloride reacts with sodium acetylide to form the desired product.

What is ethanol?

Ethanol is an organic compound containing alcohol functional group having molecular formula C₂H₅OH.

How the reaction proceed?

Ethanol (C₂H₅OH) reacts with SOCl₂ to form ethyl chloride (C₂H₅Cl).

Ethyl chloride (C₂H₅Cl), then, reacts with sodium acetylide (HC≡CNa) to form Butyne or 1-Butyne (C₂H₅C≡CNa).

Conversion of ethanol to butyne is shown in image below:

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