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04/10/2021 11:05 am
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Why is the conversion of ethanol into ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction?
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04/10/2021 11:21 am
It is an oxidation reaction as ethanol is converted to ethanoic acid since the hydrogen atom is removed and oxygen is added.
The conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is as follows:
CH3CH2OH + KMnO4 (Alkaline) → CH3COOH
If you see the above change carefully you will notice that 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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