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What is the product formed when ethyl alcohol is treated with $P C C$ ?

A

Acetic acid

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Acetaldehyde

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Ethyl acetate

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Dimethyl ether

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Solution

The correct option is B Acetaldehyde
PCC $⟶$ Pyridium chloro chromate, is a mild oxidising agent of chromate and do partial oxidation of alcohols.
Thus ethanol will oxidise upto acetaldehyde only.

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