Chemistry · Alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, mechanism of dehydration
By the reduction of carbonyl compounds the alcohol not obtained is:
By the reduction of carbonyl compounds the alcohol not obtained is:
- A. primary alcohol
- B. secondary alcohol
- C. tertiary alcohol
- D. all the above
Step-by-step solution
Reduction of aldehydes yields primary alcohols, reduction of ketones yields secondary alcohols. Tertiary alcohols cannot be obtained by direct reduction of a carbonyl group because the carbonyl carbon is bonded to at most two other carbon atoms, whereas in tertiary alcohols the hydroxyl carbon is bonded to three carbon atoms.
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