An oxygen containing organic compound upon oxidation forms a carboxylic acid as the only organic product with its molecular mass higher by 14 units. the organic compound is ______.
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An oxygen containing organic compound upon oxidation forms a carboxylic as the only organic product with its molecular mass higher by 1414 units. The organic compound is a primary alcohol.
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Primary alcohol is easily oxidized to carboxylic acid. \displaystyle -CH_2-OH \rightarrow -COOH−CH
2
−OH→−COOH. The net process is addition of one O atom and removal of two H atoms. In the net process, the molecular mass increases by 1414 units. The atomic masses of O and H are 16 g/mol and 1 g/mol respectively. 16-2(1)=1416−2(1)=14.
A secondary alcohol on oxidation gives ketone. When drastic conditions are used for the oxidation of ketone, the carbon skeleton breaks.
If a ketone is oxidized to carboxylic acid, its molecular mass higher by 1616 units.