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When etanol is heated with potassium permanganate?

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Ethanol is oxidised by alkaline KMnO 4 to oxalic acid.

When a solution of ethanol is heated with potassium permanganate, the pink color of solution disappear because of strong oxidizing agent as K M n O 4 KMnO_4 KMnO4, which oxidizes ethanol to ethanoic acid.

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Ethanol is oxidised by alkaline KMnO 4 to oxalic acid.

Ethanol is oxidised by alkaline KMnO 4 to oxalic acid.When a solution of ethanol is heated with potassium permanganate, the pink color of solution disappear because of strong oxidizing agent as K M n O 4 KMnO_4 KMnO4, which oxidizes ethanol to ethanoic acid.

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