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

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Madhusudan Chavan (3168)

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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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