What happens in an oxidation reaction?

Oxygen is added

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Oxygen is removed

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Hydrogen is added

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Water is removed

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Solution

The correct option is A
Oxygen is added

In oxidation reactions, oxygen is added

to the reactant by the action of oxidising agents.
$C H_{3} - C H_{2} O H A l k a l i n e K M n O_{4} + H e a t - -------------- \to O r a c i d i f i e d K_{2} C r_{2} O_{7} C H_{3} C O O H$
Here ethanol is converted to ethanoic acid

by alkaline $K M N O_{4}$ which acts as

an oxidizing agent.

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