How Will you prepare ethane and propane from ethane and propane respectively?
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ethane to propane
ethane to propane
Step- 1 C2H6 + PCl5 → C2H5Cl + PCl3 + HCl [ ethane to ethyl chloride]
Step-2 C2H5Cl + CH3MgCl → CH3CH2CH3 + MgCl2 [ethyl chloride to propane]
Propane can be converted to ethane as follows: