Describe one reaction of ethanol.

Academic Chemistry NCERT Class 10

Ethanol gets oxidised to ethanoic acid in the presence of potassium permanganate solution (oxidising agent).

The chemical reaction is given as:

$CH_3CH_2OH + 2[O] → CH_3COOH + H_2O$

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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