Answer to Question #270339 in Organic Chemistry for shelly

Question

What would be the name of the product that would result from the reaction of propan-1-ol with excess potassium dichromate?

Answer 1

Stripping off one hydrogen atom on the alpha carbon of the alcohol ,and another hydrogen atom on the oxygen of the hydroxyl group, you get the aldehyde;

by further stripping off the hydrogen atom on the carbonyl carbon of the aldehyde, and shove an oxygen atom onto it, and then protonate the oxygen atom, you get the acid.