DAT Destroyer Orgo #1, lols.

[FROGGBUSTER]

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So the solutions says that silver compounds are mild oxidants that oxidize aldehydes to acids.

Can they oxidize alcohols to ketones/aldehydes though? Guessing no but I can't find a definitive answer online.

 

[spoog74]

So the solutions says that silver compounds are mild oxidants that oxidize aldehydes to acids.

Can they oxidize alcohols to ketones/aldehydes though? Guessing no but I can't find a definitive answer online.

if it can oxidize to an acid, it should very well be able to oxidize to a ketone/aldehyde but

 

[Double Bonded]

Are you talking about a Tollens Reagent?
Ag2O/Ag(NH3)2+ or something like that? I've only seen tollens reagents used for aldehydes...

 

[bharat008]

Are you talking about a Tollens Reagent?
Ag2O/Ag(NH3)2+ or something like that? I've only seen tollens reagents used for aldehydes...

Tollen's reagent is used for Aldehydes or alpha-hydroxy ketone test..

 

[LaughingGas]

Tollen's reagent only works with aldehydes or in minor cases with ketones that can be converted to aldehydes ( aldose-ketose conversion), but not from alcohol to carboxylic acid. For that you would need a strong oxidizing agent like chromic acid, but tollens reagent is a mild oxidizing agent that is too weak to oxidize alcohol.

 

[Double Bonded]

Tollen's reagent is used for Aldehydes or alpha-hydroxy ketone test..

yeah, I've only seen it used with aldehydes though in destroyer (except one question where it asked to identify which one would have a positive t-test and it was an a-oh keytone).

 

[FROGGBUSTER]

Thanks guys.