Question

Give the chemical equation for the reduction of ethanoic acid.

Answer 1

Reduction of ethanoic acid.

• Chemical equations are symbolic representations of chemical reactions that express the reactants and products in terms of their chemical formulae. A reduction is a chemical reaction in which a substance gains hydrogen or loses oxygen.
• Ethanoic acid ($C{H}_{3}COOH$) can be reduced to Ethanol ($C_2{H}_{6}O$) by removing Oxygen ($O_2$) and adding Hydrogen ($H$) atoms to it.
• The chemical equation can be written as follows.

$\underset{Ethanoicacid}{C{H}_{3}COOH}\left(s\right)\stackrel{RemovalofOxygen}{\to }\underset{Ethanal}{C{H}_{3}CHO\left(l\right)}\stackrel{AdditionofHydrogen}{\to }\underset{Ethanol}{C_2{H}_{5}OH\left(l\right)}$