Question

what happens when ethanol is oxidised with acidified by KMnO4 solution?

Answer 1

Answer:

when ethanol (C2H5OH) is oxidized with KMnO4

IT FORMS ETHANOIC ACID (CH3COOH)

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Answer 2

When ethanol is oxidized with $KMnO_4$ it forms ETHANOIC ACID.

Step-by-step explanation:

• When ethanol  is oxidised with acidified $KMnO_4$  ethanoic acid is formed.
• When ethanol is added to alkaline $KMnO_4$  solution, the ethanol gets oxidised to ethanoic acid because of  nascent oxygen.
• $KMnO_4$  is an oxidising agent. thus when we first add alkaline $KMnO_4$ to ethanol, the pink colour of the $KMnO_4$  vanishes, as it is being used up for the oxidation process.

Following reaction take place in this

       $H_3CH_2OH ------------> CH_3COOH$

                                      $KMnO_4$