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Can ketones be oxidized?


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Ketones:

  1. Ketones are the functional group having two alkyl groups attached by a carbonyl group.
  2. Some of the examples given below are:
  3. These compounds cannot be oxidized as they do not have hydrogen attached to a carbonyl group.
  4. But, a strong oxidizing agent like KMnO4 can oxidize ketones into a carboxylic acid.
  5. In the Bayer village oxidation, ketone converted into ester

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