Question

What happens when ethanol is heated with alkaline solution of potassium permanganate?

Answer 1

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• On heating ethanol with alkaline solution of potassium permanganate, it gets oxidized to give ethanoic acid and water.

Answer 2

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Alkaline potassium permanganate is an oxidizing agent due to nascent oxygen which adds oxygen or removes hydrogen and thus oxidizes ethanol to ethanoic acid. Adding alkaline permanganate to ethanol, the pink colour of potassium permanganate vanishes, as it is being used up for the oxidation process...