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What happens when Ethanol is
refluxed with potassium
dichromate at 30 degress
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When ethanol is heated in the presence of acidified potassium dichromate, the orange dichromate is reduced to green solution of Chromium(III) ions. This reaction is an oxidation reaction and acidified potassium dichromate oxidizes ethanol to ethanoic acid.
This reaction may as well be used to produce ethanal which is an aldehide only when the product is distilled immediately as it forms. But when distillation is not done, further oxidation takes place to produce ethanoic acid
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