Question

give the balanced equation of the reaction in which alcohol is converted to carboxylic acid. why is it called oxidation reaction?

Answer 1

When ethanol is reacted with chromic acid the alcohol groups in ethanol are converted to carboxylic acid functional groups. Notice that ethanol has only one carbon-oxygen bond but in the product, there is a new oxygen atom and a new carbon-oxygen double bond. This is how we know an oxidation event has taken place!

Answer 2

When ethanol is reacted with chromic acid the alcohol groups in ethanol are converted to carboxylic acid functional groups. Notice that ethanol has only one carbon-oxygen bond but in the product, there is a new oxygen atom and a new carbon-oxygen double bond. This is how we know an oxidation event has taken place!

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