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Chemistry-10th Carbon and its Compounds CBSE Board 2025 Medium

(i) Conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is an oxidation reaction. Why ? Name the oxidizing agent in this c…

  1. (i)Conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is an oxidation reaction. Why ? Name the oxidizing agent in this conversion and write the chemical equation for this oxidation reaction. Explain how this reaction is different from the reaction in which ethanol burns in the presence of oxygen.
  2. (ii)What is a homologous series of carbon compounds ? Write the name of the first-two members of a homologous series of compounds having functional group – COOH.

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