write the oxidation reaction of ethanol
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a a reaction in which alcohols are converted intocarboxylic acid in the present of potassium permanganate are potassium dichromate
In the case of the formation of carboxylic acids, the alcohol is first oxidized to an aldehyde, which is then oxidized further to the acid. ... If you used ethanol as a typical primary alcohol, you would produce the aldehyde ethanal, CH3CHO.
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