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benzoic acid formation by dichromate oxidation?
Which material below will produce benzoic acid through dichromate oxidation?
a. Benzene
b. t-butylbenzene
c. propylbenzene
d. 1,2-dimethylbenzene
1 Answer
- plays_poorly...Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
a. Benzene-----------won't--too inert
b. t-butylbenzene------------------------------too hindered and inert
c. propylbenzene--------------will--reagents can get to the carbon next to the ring
d. 1,2-dimethylbenzene--------------------won't----------oxidation produces phthalic acid, by oxidizing both carbons.
