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ChemistryAldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsJEE Main

All those compounds which have groups are oxidised by periodic acid (). A cyclohexane ring bearing at C-1 and C-3 (1,3-diol, non-vicinal) is

Answer: (B)

Solution

Periodic acid oxidatively cleaves only *vicinal* diols (adjacent ); since the given cyclohexane-1,3-diol has its two hydroxyls

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