why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid and oxidation reaction??
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The addition of oxygen to a substance is called oxidation. The conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is as follows: Since, in this reaction, one oxygen is added to ethanol, hence it is an oxidation reaction.
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♦ The conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is as follows:
CH3CH2 OH+KMnO4 (Alkaline)→CH3 COOH
If you see the above change carefully you will notice that this in this change one extra O atom is been added and two H atoms are being removed from ethanol molecule to convert it into ethanoic acid.Addition of O and removal of H is known as oxidation.
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