(a) Describe, giving equation, a chemical reaction which is characteristic of saturated hydrocarbons (or alkanes). What is an oxidising agent ? Name two oxidising agents which can oxidise ethanol to ethanoic acid. Describe one reaction of a carboxylic acid. Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10

(a) Describe, giving equation, a chemical reaction which is characteri

1.	(a) Describe, giving equation, a chemical reaction which is characteristic of saturated hydrocarbons (or alkanes). What is an oxidising agent ? Name two oxidising agents which can oxidise ethanol to ethanoic acid. Describe one reaction of a carboxylic acid. Lakhmir Singh Chemistry Class 10
Answer» KMNO4 and K2CR2O7 can be USED for the OXIDATION