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When ethanol is heated with alkaline potassium permanganate solution, it gets converted into ethanoic acid. In this reaction, alkaline potassium permanganate acts as :
(a) reducing agent (b) oxidising agent (c) catalyst (d) dehydrating agent

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(b) oxidising agent

Alkaline potassium permanganate solution is an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate. It acts as an oxidising agent by providing oxygen and converts ethanol to ethanoic acid.

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