ChemistryOrganic compoundsJAMB
Ethanol warmed with excess acidified potassium heptaoxodichromate(VI) is oxidised to
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Answer: C. ethanoic acid
Oxidation goes via ethanal to ethanoic acid; the orange dichromate turns green.
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