One of the following compound react with its on oxidation product a an oxidation involved no loss of carbon to give sweet order liquid
a ...1propanol
b...propanal
c propanone
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1 propanol
it gets oxidised to acid first which react with its own alcohol molecule to give sweet smelling ester
as it reacts with its own it produces ester without loosing any carbon atom
(it is an acid catalysed reaction)
CH3CH2CHOOH +CH3CH2CH2OH --->CH3CH2COOCH2CH2CH3 + H2O
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