Orgo- benzene

[keliao]

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with K2Cr2O7/H+ will the product be a carboxylic acid instead of pentane??
because i know that if it was ethane...it will be oxidized to carboxylic acid..

 

[chessxwizard]

Benzoic acid

 

[keliao]

yes a benzoic acid . so it doest matter how many carbons are there?? octane, nonane.??

 

[2009er]

it will always make benzoic acid regardless of how long the substituent chain is!

 

[keliao]

thanks.

 

[chessxwizard]

It doesn't matter how many carbons. K2Cr2O7 is such a strong oxidizing agent it turns it into a carboxylic acid no matter what the carbon length.