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wat will b the end product if a 3-degree alcohol is treated with Jones reagent (H2CrO4)??

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wat will b the end product if a 3-degree alcohol is treated with Jones reagent (H2CrO4)??

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Madhusudan Chavan

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9 Feb 2010 19:17:07 IST

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Tertiary alcohols are resistant to oxidation, but are oxidised by acid oxidising agents to a mixture of a ketone and an acid each containing lesser number of carbon atoms than the original alcohol. Jones reagent being an acidic oxidising agent will give the above reaction.

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9 Feb 2010 21:42:21 IST

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jones reagent is 8N of H2CrO4+aquoes H2SO4 when it reacts with tertiary alcohol it gives keetone

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