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प्रश्न
Ethanol can be oxidized to ethanoic acid. Write the equation and name the oxidizing agent.
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उत्तर
Ethanol is oxidised to acetic acid.
\[\ce{C2H5OH + 2[O] ->[Acidified][K2Cr2O7] \underset{Acetic acid}{CH3COOH} + H2O}\]
The oxidising agent is Potassium dichromate, or Ethanoic acid.
संबंधित प्रश्न
When zinc powder is added to acetic acid ______________
(a) the mixture becomes warm
(b) a gas is evolved
(c) the colour of the mixture becomes yellow
(d) a solid settles at the bottom
Acetic acid smells like:
(1) a banana
(2) vinegar
(3) an orange
(4) a lemon
Acetic acid solution turns:
(1) blue litmus red
(2) red litmus blue
(3) blue litmus colourless
(4) red litmus colourless
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Draw the structural formula of a compound with two carbon atoms in the following case:
An alcohol containing two carbon atoms.
Ethanoic acid _________.
Explain the following reaction with an example.
Saponification
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- Write the chemical reaction shown in the figure above in the form of a balanced equation.
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Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Neutralization of NaOH with ethanoic acid.
