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What happens when ethanol is heated with acidified potassium dichromate?

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What happens when ethanol is heated with acidified potassium dichromate?

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When ethanol is heated with acidified potassium dichromate, it gets oxidised to ethanoic acid. The orange colour of potassium dichromate changes to green, indicating oxidation.

\[\ce{CH3CH2OH + [O] -> CH3COOH}\]

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