Engineering
Chemistry
Chemical Reactions of Alcohols
Oxidation of alcohol
Question

Which of the following oxidising agents can be used to convert Ethanol to Ethanoic acid ?

H+ / KMnO4

H+ / K2Cr2O7

CrO3 / aq. H2SO4 / acetone (Jone's reagent)

CrO3

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Solution

A,B and D can oxidise Ethanol to Ethanoic acid while