Question

Conversion of ethyl alcohol into acetaldehyde is an
example of
(a) hydrolysis (b) oxidation
(c) reduction
(d) molecular rearrangement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

the liver, the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase oxidizes ethanol into acetaldehyde, which is then further oxidized into harmless acetic acid by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. ... In the brain, the enzyme catalase is primarily responsible for oxidizing ethanol to acetaldehyde, and alcohol dehydrogenase plays a minor role..

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Answer 2

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Ethyl alcohol when converted into acetaldehyde then what changes you see ?

Always remember three points :-

(1) whenever number of bonds with oxygen atom increase then it is the case of oxidation

(2)whenever the number of bonds with oxygen atom decrease it is the case of reduction

(3) In solving any problem it is important to know the key concepts to apply for the problem, above 2 points are the key concepts, no one will care to tell you about these key concepts, now you can solve any problem with the above concepts

Now,

Ethyl alcohol is - CH3-CH2-OH

and Acetaldehyde is - CH3-CHO

So initially there was only one bond of oxygen with Carbon in Ethyl alcohol but now there are two bonds in Acetaldehyde

So it's a case of oxidation reaction

I even know the mechanism of the reactions but I am not going to waste my time in your answers,

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