Question

When ethanol is heated for a prolonged time with acidic solution of potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) the organic product will be?

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

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