Alkaline potassium permanganate and potassium dichromate convert alcohols into carboxylic acids on oxidation.

True

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False

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Solution

Oxidizing agents are those chemical substances that are used to oxidize the other species by reducing themselves.
Alkaline $K M n O_{4}$ and acidified $K_{2} C r_{2} O_{7}$ are the strong oxidizing agents and are used to convert alcohols to carboxylic acids by adding oxygen because per molecule of alkaline $K M n O_{4}$ or acidified $K_{2} C r_{2} O_{7}$ high amount of oxygen, is provided.
Example: The oxidation of ethanol to ethanoic acid with the help of alkaline $K M n O_{4}$
$C H_{3} - C H_{2} - O H K M n O_{4} - ---- \to C H_{3} - C O O H$
Hence, the given statement is True.

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