Answer:
Acetylene to ethene
First, acetylene is converted into ethene ( CH2 = CH2 ) using hydrogen gas and Lindlar catalyst. Ethene is an an alkene compound.
Lindlar catalyst
Alkynes are converted to alkenes by in the presence of hydrogen gas and lindlar catalyst.
lindlar reagent contains CaCO3, Pd and various forms of sulfur and lead
Ethene to ethanol
Then ethanol is prepared from the reaction of ethene with dilute sulfuric acid.
