Answer to Question #111880 in Organic Chemistry for Hannah Coy

Question

what are the products when your react chromic acid with 1-butanol

Answer 1

Solution:

Chromic acid is prepared by treatment of sodium or potassium dichromate with aquesous sulfuric acid like this:

Alcohols oxidation proceeds through the stage of formation of aldehydes, but then the aldehydes react rapidly with aqueous chromic acid to produce carboxylic acids.

Therefore,

Alcohols react with aqueous chromic acid to produce carboxylic acids.

Answer: Butanoic acid form when 1-butanol react with chromic acid.