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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: RisingEastStar17 on February 02, 2022, 04:04:02 AM

Title: Is it worth my money to produce an alcohol via a carboxylic acid reduction?
Post by: RisingEastStar17 on February 02, 2022, 04:04:02 AM

Let's say I want to make methanol from methanoic acid, which by the way since I live in Australia, methanol is near impossible to obtain but formic acid is sold as toilet cleaner (for some reason). Is it worth spending time on a sodium borohydride reduction or should I just destructively distill some wood?

Title: Re: Is it worth my money to produce an alcohol via a carboxylic acid reduction?
Post by: rolnor on February 02, 2022, 04:50:54 AM

No, that wont work. Also borohydride is not free, it costs money