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When Secondary and Tertiary alcohol is oxidised then no carboxylic acid is formed....so why oxygen cant replace carbon to form carboxylic acid? And why functional groups cant replace carbon instead of hydrogen?

When Secondary and Tertiary alcohol is oxidised then no carboxylic acid is formed....so why oxygen cant replace carbon to form carboxylic acid? And why functional groups cant replace carbon instead of hydrogen?

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
7 years ago
Rules for ixidation for the alcohols are following:
For 1 degree alcohol on oxidation it gives an aldehyde and again further its oxidation we get Carboxylic compound.
For 2 degree alcohol on oxidation we get ketone and after that no oxidation takes place.
For 3 degree no oxidation can be performed as it has no alpha Hydrogens.
So the game here is all about the alpha carbon and alpha hydrogens which must be present to the carbon uncergoing the oxidation.

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