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The vapours of ethyl alcohol are passed ...

The vapours of ethyl alcohol are passed over red hot copper at 573 K to form:

A

Methane

B

Formaldehyde

C

Acetone

D

Acetaldehyde.

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D
`underset("Ethyl alcohol")(CH_(3)-CH_(2)-OH)overset(Cu//573K)rarrunderset("Acetaldehyde")(H_(3)"CC"HO)`
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