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If air enters a fermenting mixture, ethanol is oxidised to what?
AEthanal alone
BMethanol alone
CEthanoic acid
DCarbon monoxide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Ethanoic acid
Oxygen of air turns ethanol into ethanoic acid, which spoils the product.
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