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Topic: Is it worth my money to produce an alcohol via a carboxylic acid reduction?  (Read 926 times)

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Offline RisingEastStar17

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Is it worth my money to produce an alcohol via a carboxylic acid reduction?
« on: February 02, 2022, 04:04:02 AM »
Let's say I want to make methanol from methanoic acid, which by the way since I live in Australia, methanol is near impossible to obtain but formic acid is sold as toilet cleaner (for some reason). Is it worth spending time on a sodium borohydride reduction or should I just destructively distill some wood?
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Offline rolnor

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Re: Is it worth my money to produce an alcohol via a carboxylic acid reduction?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2022, 04:50:54 AM »
No, that wont work. Also borohydride is not free, it costs money
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