Question

Conversion of ethyl alcohol into acetaldehyde is an example of:

• A. hydrolysis
• B. oxidation
• C. reduction
• D. molecular rearrangement

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Ethyl alcohol is oxidised to produce acetaldehyde
$\underset{\text{ Ethyl alcohol }}{C{H}_{3}C{H}_{2}OH}\stackrel{(O)}{\to }\underset{\text{ Acetaldehyde }}{C{H}_{3}CHO}+H_{2}O$