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Offline gaurang

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How to reduce or hydroginate carboxylic acid to alcohol
« on: October 23, 2007, 02:34:47 AM »
i want to make alcohol from carboxylic acid e.g  COOH-COOH to CH2OH-CH2OH

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Re: How to reduce or hydroginate carboxylic acid to alcohol
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2007, 08:13:18 AM »
i dont want to use LiAlH4 i want to make it using H2 gas in autoclave

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Re: How to reduce or hydroginate carboxylic acid to alcohol
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2007, 04:27:48 PM »
so, why do you ask?

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Re: How to reduce or hydroginate carboxylic acid to alcohol
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 07:12:47 PM »
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1499573.html

All I did was google "H2 gas in autoclave carboxylic acid", wasn't that difficult...

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