[asiddle121]

how do you get a benzoic acid from ethyl benzene? i need to know its reagents and conditions, and what the reaction is called aswell

[sjb]

Which benzoic acid do you mean?

Benzoic acid itself? 3-ethylbenzoic acid? Something else?

[asiddle121]

ethylbenzene to a benzoic acid with just 1 carbon replacing the ethyl group, so you go from C2H5 to COOH on the benzene ring

[sjb]

ethylbenzene to a benzoic acid with just 1 carbon replacing the ethyl group, so you go from C2H5 to COOH on the benzene ring

So, you're removing hydrogen and adding oxygen, what does that suggest the reaction type is?

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[typhoon2028]

Slightly off topic and not trying to hi-jack:

But we have tested a dust by product from our irradiation chamber and have made the following waste products from divinyl benzene.

4-ethyl-Benzaldehyde
2,4-Dimethylbenzaldehyde
3,5-Dimethylbenzaldehyde
Cinnamaldehyde
1,4-Benzenedicarboxaldehyde
Isophthalaldehyde
Isopthalic acid
benzoic acid

I guess what I am saying there is more than one way to make a product.

[g-bones]

potassium permanganate will take you from ethyl benzene to benzoic acid.  its a gnarly oxidizer