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Oxidation of Alcohols

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Oxidation of a primary alcohol is done slightly and it gives:

A

a ketone

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B

an aldehyde

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C

an ether

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D

an ester

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an organic acid

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Solution

The correct option is C an aldehyde
Oxidation of a primary alcohol is done slightly and it gives an aldehyde.
The reagents used are pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) and pyridinium dichromate (PDC).
$C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C H_{2} - O H P C C / P D C - ------ \to C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C H O$

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