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Ozonolysis of Aromatics

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why 2^o alcohol are converted to ketone by
Cu and CrO₃ ?

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Secondary alcohols are converted to ketones by CrO₃ and Cu, the reason is they act as an oxidising agent. Oxidation means removal of hydrogen.
$C H_{3} C H (O H) C H_{3} \to C H_{3} C O C H_{3} S e c o n d a r y a l c o h o l K e t o n e$

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