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Conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction.

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Ethanol gets oxidised by alkaline potassium permanganate to form ethanoic acid. Potassium permanganate is an oxidizing agent which is the source of oxygen. Addition of oxygen is oxidation.
`CH_(2)-CH_(2)-OH-underset("alkaline "KMnO_(4))overset((O))to underset(("ethanoic acid"))toCH_(3)-overset(O)overset(||)(C)-OH`
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