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Oxidation of ethanol

This practical covers the oxidation of ethanol to both ethanal and ethanoic acid using acidified potassium dichromate(VI) and involves the techniques of distillation and reflux. There are only two reactions of alcohols that are specified on the syllabus - combustion and oxidation. In fact both are actually oxidation but oxidation in organic chemistry usually assumes that the carbon chain is retained - hence the...

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