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![**CHEM 120 - Essentials of Organic Chemistry**
**Recitation 6**
**3. [Multiple Choice] Choose an alcohol best suitable for this reaction.**
\[ \text{?} \rightarrow \text{Reacts with } \text{K}_2\text{Cr}_2\text{O}_7 \rightarrow \text{Product} \]
The reaction involves an alcohol transformed into a carboxylic acid with a carbonyl group, \(\text{C(C=O)CH}_3\).
**Options:**
A. Structure:
- CH3CH2CH(OH)
B. Structure:
- CH3CH(OH)CH3
C. Structure:
- HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OH
D. Structure:
- CH3C(OH)(OH)CH3
**Explanation:**
The diagram shows four potential alcohols labeled A, B, C, and D. The reaction uses potassium dichromate (\(\text{K}_2\text{Cr}_2\text{O}_7\)) as an oxidizing agent to produce a carboxylic acid from an alcohol. Your task is to choose the one that will produce the desired carboxylic product with the molecular formula including the \(\text{C(C=O)CH}_3\) group.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F36bdd31e-46eb-4249-ad81-39571a1f2909%2F71f8bfe9-f0d5-4088-a16b-25e6942043ef%2Fbi4n0ua_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:**CHEM 120 - Essentials of Organic Chemistry**
**Recitation 6**
**3. [Multiple Choice] Choose an alcohol best suitable for this reaction.**
\[ \text{?} \rightarrow \text{Reacts with } \text{K}_2\text{Cr}_2\text{O}_7 \rightarrow \text{Product} \]
The reaction involves an alcohol transformed into a carboxylic acid with a carbonyl group, \(\text{C(C=O)CH}_3\).
**Options:**
A. Structure:
- CH3CH2CH(OH)
B. Structure:
- CH3CH(OH)CH3
C. Structure:
- HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OH
D. Structure:
- CH3C(OH)(OH)CH3
**Explanation:**
The diagram shows four potential alcohols labeled A, B, C, and D. The reaction uses potassium dichromate (\(\text{K}_2\text{Cr}_2\text{O}_7\)) as an oxidizing agent to produce a carboxylic acid from an alcohol. Your task is to choose the one that will produce the desired carboxylic product with the molecular formula including the \(\text{C(C=O)CH}_3\) group.
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Chromic acid is a fairly straight forwed reagent. It oxidizes primary alcohol to carboxylic acids and secondary alcohol to be ketones. It will also oxidize aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
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