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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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qwertypoiu The Sarcastic Retard can you please help me with this question ...
As far as i know, secondary alcohols when oxidised to ketones donot respond to mild oxidising agents, so i thought it might be a secondary alcohol, but is it wrong? can you pls clarify, the ans is D

The question says that it is unreactive towards mild oxidising agents which mean it can not be a primary or a secondary alcohol as both can be oxidised .
It has to be a tertiary alcohol which is only possible in D :)
 
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N forms 2 bond pairs and 1 lone pairs here right??
Then why 120degrees? wouldn't it be A?
 
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Can someone explain these to me? Metanoia qwertypoiu
 
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Why is the ratio 3:1 ?? (D)
The major product is the one with the less H-bonds right
 
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qwertypoiu The Sarcastic Retard can you please help me with this question ...
As far as i know, secondary alcohols when oxidised to ketones donot respond to mild oxidising agents, so i thought it might be a secondary alcohol, but is it wrong? can you pls clarify, the ans is D
Compound X can be dehydrated --> it's an alcohol
Compound X cannot be oxidised ---> it's a tertiary alcohol.
Tertiary alcohol was dehydrated, so the resulting compound must have a double bond connected to a carbon atom that is connected to three other carbon atoms, which is only D.
 
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