oxidation of alcohol ,Types of alcohol,strong oxidizing agentsweak oxidizing agents
Introduction the functional group of alcohol is -OH. the first member of alcohol family is methanol. alcohols are polar in nature they are they are generally in liquid form due to strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Types of alcohol alcohols are divided into 3 categories a)1 degree alcohol or primary alcohol b)2 degree alcohol or secondary alcohol c)3 degree alcohol or tertiary alcohol. primary alcohols are -ch2oh secondary alcohols are -choh tertiary alcohols are -coh depending upon the oxidizing agents different alcohols are oxidised to different compound strong oxidizing agents are KMnO4 ,K2 cr2o7/ concentrated H2SO4 , na2cr2o7/ concentrated H2SO4. when primary alcohols are oxidized by strong oxidizing agents than acid formed for example methanols become methanoic acid or formic acid ethanol oxidized to ethanoic acid or acetic acid propanol oxidised to propanoic acid butanol oxidized to butanoic acid pentanol oxidised t...