Write a half-equation for the overall oxidation of ethanol into ethanoic acid.
Answer:
CH3CH2OH + H2O CH3COOH + 4H+ + 4e–
The question requests a half equation and so it is acceptable to write electrons and unpaired Hydrogen ions, so long as the charge overall is balanced.
HS
Related Chemistry A Level answers
All answers ▸Name the reagent and explain the process of 1-bromoethane into propanoic acid
24.5g of CH3CH2CH2Br was reacted with ammonia to form CH3CH2CH2NH2 at a 75.0% yield, calculate the mass of the product formed.
You added 75cm^3 of 0.5moldm^-3 HCl to impure MgCO2, and some was left unreacted. The unreacted HCl reacted completely with 21.6cm^m of 0.5moldm^-3 NaOH. So what is the percentage purity of the MgCO3 sample?
Why do we use the n+1 rule in proton NMR?