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please also help to explain why 2 and 3 won’t produce an acid thank youuu
Date Posted: 5 years ago
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The carbon atom with the -OH functional group cannot be covalent bonded to 2 or more other carbon atoms to become oxidised. You will really learn why during A level Chemistry.
Option 1 is primary alcohol, therefore it can be oxidised to carboxylic acid. Same goes to option 4. Option 2 is a secondary alcohol, it can only be oxidised to a ketone. Option 3 is a tertiary alcohol which cannot be oxidised at all. Do read up online if you want to grasp a better understanding of this topic.
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The exact reasons / explanations can be found online or when you get to JC. For now, it's not required for you to know why, but you must know that only primary alcohols can be oxidised to carboxylic acids! Hope this was helpful!
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