Question

Acetic acid will be obtained on oxidation of

• A. ethanol
• B. propanal
• C. methanal
• D. glyoxal

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Acetic acid is obtained by the oxidation of ethanol with alkaline
$KMn{O}_4.\underset{\text{ethanol}}{C_2{H}_{5}OH}+[O]\stackrel{\text{alkaline}KMn{O}_4}{\to }\underset{\text{acetic acid}}{C{H}_{3}COOH}$