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Oxidation of Alkenes

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Which of the following alcohol is unable to turn orange colour of chromic acid to green?

A

1^{o}

alcohol

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2^{o}

alcohol

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C

3^{o}

alcohol

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D

Allyl alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is C $3^{o}$ alcohol
Tertiary alcohols are tough to be oxidised. The given reagent chromic acid is an oxidising agent. Thus tertiary alcohol does not produce green colour

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