1: 89 percent / Na / ethanol / 0.17 h / Heating 2: 1) KOH / 1) EtOH, boiling steam-bath 2) pH 7 is maintained by adding ethanolic KOH, 6h reflux View Scheme

potassium hydroxide in ethanol Heating;

1: 84 percent / acetic acid / Heating 2: 89 percent / Na / ethanol / 0.17 h / Heating 3: 1) KOH / 1) EtOH, boiling steam-bath 2) pH 7 is maintained by adding ethanolic KOH, 6h reflux View Scheme

potassium hydroxide 1) EtOH, boiling steam-bath 2) pH 7 is maintained by adding ethanolic KOH, 6h reflux; Yield given. Multistep reaction;