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______ is prepared on a large scale from water gas.

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Methanol
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Ethanol
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Methane
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Ethane
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Solution

The correct option is A Methanol
Methanol is prepared on a large scale from water gas.
Water gas is an equimolar mixture of CO and H2. Water gas is heated with hydrogen (2:1 ratio) in presence of catalyst to form methanol. The reaction for methanol preparation is as follow:
CO+2H2Water gasZnOCr2O3−−−−−−−−−−−300C, 200-300 atm CH3OH

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