Determination of Alcohol with Ammonium Hexanitratocerate (IV) Reagent in Nitric Acid Medium

Alcohols are hydroxyl derivatives of hydrocarbons. They form an importance class of compounds used as antifreeze in car-radiators, Petrol constitute, solvents for paints, liquors and enamel, in making low freezing dynamite, as preservative and starting materials numerous valuable compound. Because of various importance of alcohols a large number of procedures have been developed for qualitative and quantitative estimation of these compounds, In this article I tries to determine these compounds on microscale. Unlike many oxidants discussed earlier, Ce (IV) oxidizes alcohols to CO2 and H2O.