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Offline styptic

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Can KMn04 to Oxidise Alcohol?
« on: September 15, 2007, 11:48:45 PM »
Hello there guys...

Can we oxidise Alcohols say, Ethanol to a a Carboxylic Acid (Ethanoic Acid) using KMn04?

i'm really confused since most of the books and resources i read use K2Cr207 as the oxidizing agent to oxidize the Ethanol.

KMn04 is an Oxidizing agent too? so ?
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Re: Can KMn04 to Oxidise Alcohol?
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2007, 09:55:19 AM »
Yes it can. Potassium dichromate will do it as well, it is not the oxidising agent for alcohols, it is just one of many.
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Re: Can KMn04 to Oxidise Alcohol?
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2007, 03:43:01 PM »
KMnO4 could indeed be used, but is a much more powerful oxidant than dichromate. Therefore you are in danger of getting nothing but CO2 + H20, the ultimate oxidation products of ethanol and most other organic compounds. You would be using a sledgehammer to crack an egg.
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