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How will you convert ethanol to ethanoic acid ?

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Ethanol can be converted into ethanoic acid by oxidation in the presence of `KMnO_(4)` as given below:
`underset(Ethanol)(CH_(3)-CH_(2)-OH)overset([O],KMnO_(4))rarrunderset(Acetaldehyde)(CH_(3)CHO)overset([O],KMnO_(4))rarrunderset(Ethanoic acid)(CH_(3)COOH)`
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