AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1997

  • question_answer
    Ethyne can be oxidised to oxalic acid by using

    A)  chromic acid      

    B)  alkaline\[KMn{{O}_{4}}\]

    C)  hypochlorous acid

    D)  all reagents

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    : Alkaline\[KMn{{O}_{4}}\]oxidises ethyne to oxalic \[\underset{CH}{\overset{CH}{\mathop{|||}}}\,+{{O}_{2}}\xrightarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{oxalic\text{ }acid}{\mathop{\underset{COOH}{\overset{COOH}{\mathop{|}}}\,}}\,\]


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