Can any aldehyde produce a carboxylic acid through the process of oxidation?
Yes, only aldehydes can be oxidized to carboxylic acids. Ketones cannot be oxidized. • In a dehydration reaction below in which there is a carbon on either side of the carbon with the hydroxy (OH) group with a hydrogen, does it matter which one will be lost, an H from carbon #1 or carbon #2? Example: 1 2 H+ CH3CHCH2CH3 ————> OH In CHM 230 lose of either H with the OH to form the alkene be acceptable. For example, the following products could result from the above reaction and both would be acceptable.
