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Make ethyl alcohol from water
Have found I — written down in a book ...
Silicic acid tetraethyl ester (78-10-4)
Reacts slowly with water forming ethyl alcohol
and silica.
By da SAT dobe a highly flammable liquid.
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how slowly?
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This is detritus.
How do you make tetraethyl silicate?
From silicon tetrachloride and ethanol! :-(
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Ethyl hydrogen sulphate on hydrolysis gives ethanol and requires only CH2=CH2 and H2SO4 for its preparation . . .
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