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Q 12.8     How will you convert ethanal into the following compounds?

        (i)     Butane-1,3-diol

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On treating ethanal with dil. alkali it gives 3-hydroxybutanal, which on further reduction with NaBH_{4} gives the product Butane-1,3-diol

 

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