Science, asked by gajalakshmigaju5, 5 months ago

Converting alcohol to Carboxylic acid is
oxidation reaction Give reason
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Answered by kartiktanwar7717
6

Answer:

The conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is as follows:

CH

3

CH

2

OH+KMnO

4

(Alkaline)→CH

3

COOH

If you see the above change carefully you will notice that this in this change one extra O atom is been added and two H atoms are being removed from ethanol molecule to convert it into ethanoic acid.Addition of O and removal of H is known as oxidation.

Explanation:

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