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Nucleophilic Addition at the Carbonyl

One mole of a...

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One mole of an organic compound requires half mole of oxygen to give an acid. The compound may be

Alcohol

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Ketone

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Aldehyde

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Ether

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Solution

The correct option is C Aldehyde
$C H_{3} C H O + \frac{1}{2} O_{2} A c i d i f i e d - ----- \to K_{2} C r_{2} O_{7} C H_{3} C O O H$

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