you can convert it into nitromethane CH3NH2 then add NaNo2 and HCl and get an alcohol then jst reduce it
convert ethane to methane..
pls tell d shortest way u know .
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			Dr.House
					·2009-06-05 22:49:35
			
			
			i am not sure if this gives good yield of the product
KMnO4 , then decarboxylation
					
			kartik sondhi
					·2009-06-20 10:21:52
			
			
			
					
			Samarth Kashyap
					·2009-06-20 18:06:59
			
			
			ethane-->chloroethane-->ethanol-->ethene-->methanal-->methane
i think the yield is good here
					
			voldy
					·2009-06-24 06:09:38
			
			
		at kartik . how do u proceed in first step ?
mrnobody's looks ok
but can we have a better one ? plz think I've not got any .keep trying.