How would you bring about the following conversions ? Name the process and write the reaction involved

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How would you bring about the following conversions ? Name the process and write the reaction involved.
(a) ethanol to ethene.
(b) propanol to propanoic acid. Write the reactions.

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(a) By the dehydration of ethanol in the presence of concentrated $H_{2}SO_{4}$

C$H_{3}$C$H_{2}$OH $\xrightarrow [Conc.H_{2}SO_{4} ]{ Hot}$ C$H_{2}$ = C$H_{2}$ + $H_{2}$O

(b) By the oxidation of propanol using oxidising agent such as alkaline KMn$O_{4}$.

C$H_{3}$C$H_{2}$C$H_{2}$OH $\xrightarrow [ Heat ]{ alk.KMn{ O }_{ 4 } }$

C$H_{3}$C$H_{2}$COOH