An alcohol on oxidation is found to give CH3COOH and CH3CH2COOH The structure of the alcohol is [BIT 1990]
CH3CH2CH2OH
(CH3)2C(OH)CH2CH3
CH3CH2CHOHCH3
CH3CH(OH)CH2CH3
A carboxylic acid C2H4O2 reacts with an alcohol in the presence of H2SO4 to form a compound X .The alcohol on oxidation with alkaline KMnO4 followed by acidification gives the sane carboxylic acid, C2 H4O2. Write the name structure of
(a)Carboxylic acid, (b) alcohol (c) the compound X