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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.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the formula of ethanoic acid.
Give any two uses of ethanoic acid.
What do you notice when acetic acid reacts with alkalies?
A student takes 2 mL acetic acid in a dry test tube and adds a pinch of sodium hydrogen carbonate to it. He makes the following observations:
I. A colourless and odourless gas evolves with a brisk effervescence.
II. The gas turns lime water milky when passed through it.
III. The gas burns with an explosion when a burning splinter is brought near it.
IV. The gas extinguishes the burning splinter that is brought near it.
The correct observations are:
(A) I, II, and III
(B) II, III and IV
(C) III, IV and I
(D) IV, I and II
How is ethyne prepared in the laboratory?
Define glacial acetic acid?
Ketone : –CO– : : Ester : _______
Explain the following reaction with an example.
Esterification
Give the balanced chemical equation of the following reaction:
Neutralization of NaOH with ethanoic acid.
Give the balanced chemical equation of the reaction.
Oxidation of ethanol by acidified potassium dichromate.
