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Ethanol is oxidised by $PCC$ in $CH X_{2} Cl X_{2}$ to

Aethanoic acid
Bethanal
Cethene
Ddiethyl ether

Answer: B

PCC

is a mild anhydrous oxidant that stops at the aldehyde stage for primary alcohols, so ethanol gives ethanal and not ethanoic acid.

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