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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsMHT CET

When vapours of an alcohol were passed over hot reduced copper, it gave an olefin. The alcohol is/are

Answer: (C)

Solution

Over hot reduced copper (573 K) primary alcohols are dehydrogenated to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones,

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