Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Suggest a reagent for conversion of ethanol to ethanal.

Ethanol can be oxidises into ethanal by using pyridinium chlorochromate.

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(C_{6} H_{5} {NHClCrO}_{3}) in {CH}_{2} {Cl}_{2}

$H_{3} C - {CH}_{2} - OH \overset{PCC / {CH}_{2} {Cl}_{2}}{\to} {CH}_{3} - CHO$
$Ethanol Ethanal$