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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

A cyclohexane ring bearing four hydroxyl groups is treated with pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) and separately with acetic anhydride (). Given that the number of moles of PCC required equals the number of moles of required, both of which equal the number of groups in the reactant, what is this number of moles (i.e. the value of )?

Answer: 4

Solution

Each hydroxyl group present requires one equivalent of PCC to be oxidised (to a ketone or aldehyde) and, independently, one equivalent of

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