How to convert a carboxylic acid to an alcohol?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-26T09:43:59

A carboxylic acid contains carboxylic group $-COOH$ .

Its formula may be written as $RCOOH$

Alcohol is produced from it by REDUCTION , Then its $-COOH$ group turns into $-CH_2OH$ group( a primary alcoholic group.)

And the reaction is presented in the form of equation as

$RCOOH + [4H]->RCH_2OH+H_2O$

The Reagent of this REDUCTION process may be

$"Lithium tetrahydridoaluminate/Dry ether "->LiAlH_4$