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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

Oxygen containing organic compound upon oxidation forms a carboxylic acid as the only organic product with its organic mass higher by 14 units. The organic compound is **[K CET 2010]**

Answer: (B)

Solution

Oxidation of a primary alcohol, (mass ), to the carboxylic acid increases mass by 14 units (loss of 2 H, gain of 1 O = net +14, i.e. ). An aldehyde oxidising to the acid of the same

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