convert acetic acid to acetone formaldehyde to methyl alcohol Share with your friends Share 1 Neha Thukral answered this Conversions: a) Acetic acid to acetone b) Formaldehyde to methyl alcohol or methanol 2 View Full Answer Athitya answered this 1. acetic acid + LiAlH4 - ethanol +PCC - ethanal + CH3MgBr + H3O+ - 2-propanol + PCC - acetone2. fomaldehyde + NaBH4 - methyl alcohol 1