Question

When vapours of a secondary alcohol is passed over heated copper at 573 K, the product formed is :-

• A. a carboxylic acid
• B. an aldehyde
• C. a ketone
• D. an alkene

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$\underset{2^{\circ }\text{Alcohol}}{C{H}_3-\stackrel{\underset{|}{C}{H}_3}{\mathrm{CH}}-OH}\stackrel{Cu/573K}{\to }\underset{\text{Ketone}}{C{H}_3-\stackrel{\underset{|}{C}{H}_3}{C}=O}$