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Aldehydes are...

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Aldehydes are the first oxidation products of:

A

primary alcohols

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secondary alcohols

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C

tertiary alcohols

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D

dihydric alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is D primary alcohols
Oxidation of $1 °$ alcohol gives aldehydes
$C H_{3} C H_{2} O H [O] - \to C H_{3} C H O$

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