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(a) Draw the structure for (i) ethanol (ii) ethanolic acid.
(b) Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid considered an oxidation reaction ? write the oxidising agent used in the reaction involved.

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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(a) Structure for:

(i) ethanol:  C2H5OH

(ii) ethanolic acid- CH?COOH


(b)  It is considered as an oxidation reaction because 2 molecules of oxygen are added to ethanoic acid by the oxidizing agent potassium permanganate

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