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Acetophenone (C₆H₅COCH₃) is reduced to 1-phenylethanol (C₆H₅CH(OH)CH₃) using NaBH₄, a selective reducing agent for ketones.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Preparation of Alcohols - from Alkenes Haloalkanes Carbonyls Grignard
Styrene (CH₂=CH-C₆H₅) undergoes acid-catalyzed hydration with H₂SO₄ and H₂O, adding -OH to the more substituted carbon (Markovnikov addition), forming 1-phenylethanol.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature and Structures of Alcohols Phenols Ethers
1-Phenylethanol (C₆H₅CH(OH)CH₃), a secondary alcohol, is oxidized to acetophenone (C₆H₅COCH₃) with KMnO₄, stopping at the ketone stage.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature and Structures of Alcohols Phenols Ethers
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