Answer to Question #248369 in Organic Chemistry for Bongani

Question #248369

What subclass of alcohol can be used to prepare ketones


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2021-10-08T02:09:50-0400

Secondary alcohols are oxidised to ketones. There is no further reaction which might complicate things. For example, if you heat the secondary alcohol propan-2-ol with sodium or potassium dichromate(VI) solution acidified with dilute sulphuric acid, you get propanone formed.


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