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when methanal reacts with potassium dichromate (iv) is it oxidized to carboxylic acid or carbon dioxide

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It first forms forms formic acid but since KMnO4 is a strong reducing agent formic acid gets oxdizied to carbon dioxide.

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