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प्रश्न
How is acetic acid prepared from ethanol?
उत्तर
By passing ethanol vapours over platinum black as catalyst at 300°C in the presence of oxygen.
\[\ce{\underset{Ethanol}{C2H5OH} + O2 ->[Platinum 300^\circ C] \underset{Acetic acid}{CH3COOH} + H2O}\]
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