Convert the following(In the least possible steps)

1.Phenol to caprolactum

2. 1-bromopropane to 2-bromopropane

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Solution for first query,

 

Phenol can be converted into caprolactum by following two ways,

 

1) Original process:  Phenol   cyclohexanol cyclohexanone cyclohexanone oxime caprolactum

2) Allied chemical phenol process: Phenol cyclohexanone cyclohexanone oxime caprolactum

 

 

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