Question #76b47

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Dr. Hayek
Oct 18, 2015

See explanation.

Explanation:

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This is an oxidation reaction of organic compounds (alcohols, ketones and aldehydes) by dichromate #Cr_2O_7^(2-)# in an acidic medium.

For the oxidation to happen, there should be a hydrogen atom at the #alpha# position to the oxygen, which means that it only works for primary and secondary alcohols and aldehydes, however, it does not work for ketones and tertiary alcohols (Check figure below).
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