Question
Chemistry Question on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
The first oxidation of a secondary alcohol is?
Answer
The first oxidation of a secondary alcohol typically results in the formation of a ketone.
Secondary alcohols have the general structure R2CHOH, where R represents a hydrocarbon group. When a secondary alcohol undergoes oxidation, the alcohol functional group (-OH) is converted into a carbonyl group (C=O) present in a ketone.
For example, the oxidation of secondary alcohol is shown below:
R2CHOH (secondary alcohol) + [O] → R2C=O (ketone) + H2O