Question

Oxidation of $1\pi$ alcohols to aldehydes is very successful for the alcohols like

• A. pent-2-yn-1-ol
• B. 1-hexanol
• C. n-propyl alcohol
• D. 1-pentanol
• E. 1-octanol

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The oxidation of $n$ -propyl alcohol (among the $1^{\circ }$ alcohols ) is very successful because of least steric hindrance in the given molecule.