Q. Acetic acid will be obtained on oxidation of
A) Ethanol
B) Propanal
C) Methanal
D) Glyoxal
Explanation
(a)
Acetic acid is obtained by the oxidation of ethanol with alkaline $KMnO_{4}$.
$C_{2}H_{5}OH + \lbrack O\rbrack\overset{Alkaline\ KMnO_{4}\ \ \ }{\rightarrow}CH_{3}COOH$
Ethanol acetic acid
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