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Grade 6Organic Chemistry

The yield of ketone when a secondary alcohol is oxidized is more than the yield of aldehyde when a primary alcohol is oxidized.

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12 Years agoGrade 6
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12 Years ago

True : Aldehydes (from primary alchols) may further be oxidized easily to acids as compared to ketones (from secondary alcohols).