Tertiary alcohols (3°) having at least four carbon atoms upon drastic oxidation yield carboxylic acid with

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Tertiary alcohols (3°) having at least four carbon atoms upon drastic oxidation yield carboxylic acid with (A) one carbon atom less (B) two carbon atoms less (C) three carbon atoms less (D) All of the above

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Tertiary alcohols are not oxidised easily. But under drastic conditions, these oxidise to give first ketone and then acid by losing one carbon at each step.

Q. Tertiary alcohols (3∘) having at least four carbon atoms upon drastic oxidation yield carboxylic acid with

one carbon atom less

two carbon atoms less

three carbon atoms less

All of the above

Tertiary alcohols are not oxidised easily. But under drastic conditions, these oxidise to give first ketone and then acid by losing one carbon at each step.

Q. Tertiary alcohols $(3^{\circ})$ having at least four carbon atoms upon drastic oxidation yield carboxylic acid with