The specific reagent for oxidising secondary alcohols to ketones is :-

Aluminium ethoxide

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Aluminium

t

-butoxide

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Sodium ethoxide

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Triethylaluminium

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The correct option is D Aluminium $t$ -butoxide
The specific reagent for oxidising secondary alcohols to ketones is
Aluminium t-butoxide. This reaction is known as oppenauer oxidation.
The reverse reaction (i.e reduction of ketone to secondary alcohol) is known as Mrwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction.

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