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Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers

Question
CBSEENCH12008261

Give equations of the following reactions:
Oxidation of propan-1-ol with alkaline KMnO4 solution.

Solution
stack bold CH subscript bold 3 bold CH subscript bold 2 bold CH subscript bold 2 bold OH bold space with bold 1 bold minus bold propanol below bold rightwards arrow from bold left square bracket bold O bold right square bracket to bold space bold space bold space bold space bold Alk bold space bold KMnO subscript bold 4 bold space bold space bold space bold space bold space bold space bold space bold space bold space end subscript of bold space stack bold CH subscript bold 3 bold CH subscript bold 2 bold CHO with bold propanal below bold space bold space bold rightwards arrow with bold space bold space bold space bold left square bracket bold O bold right square bracket bold space bold space bold space on top bold space stack bold CH subscript bold 3 bold CH subscript bold 2 bold COOH with bold propanoic bold space bold acid below