(Solved): 2. Ethanol will react with an aqueous mixture of iodine, potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide t ...

2. Ethanol will react with an aqueous mixture of iodine, potassium iodide and potassium hydroxide to give a positive iodoform test. During this test the ethanol first oxidizes to form an aldehyde. The aldehyde continues to react to form iodoform which is a yellow solid. The formation of the yellow solid indicates the presence of ethanol. Draw the structure of the aldehyde that ethanol oxidizes to form.