Question
What happens when ethanol is treated with alkaline potassium permanganate? Write the balanced chemical equation for the same.
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Answer
When ethanol is treated with alkaline potassium permanganate, ethanol gets oxidised by alkaline potassium permanganate to’ form ethanoic acid.
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