Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781118875766
Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 17, Problem 4PP
Practice Problem 17.4
Show how each of the following compounds could be converted to benzoic acid:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e) Benzyl alcohol
(f) Benzaldehyde
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