Re: tojc: alcohol oxidation

jonesjd@plu.edu
Mon, 09 Dec 1996 13:57:54 -0800 (PST)

I believe that the secondary alcohol react with H2CrO4 to make a ketone,
which is the same product that you would get when using KMnO4 as the
reagent.

Jason

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 becksm@plu.edu wrote:

>
> Today in lecture, Professor Fryhle said that a secondary alcohol could
> react with H2CrO4 to make an ester. Then he said that the alcohol could
> react with KMnO4. Does this make the same product?
>
> -Steph
> becksm
>
>