Reaction of Alcohol

Highlight - Oxidation of alcohol

Primary alcohol can b reduced to aldehydes then to carboxylic acid. PCC was discovered for that purpose so primary alcohol can stop at aldehyde.

Recall that Lesson 10 is all about how to make alcohol from lesson 8 and 9. (alkyne)  In this session, Lesson 11 is all about to how use the alcohol (from lesson 10) to make alkane, alkene, alkyne, alkyl halide, ketone, aldehyde and carboxylic acid.

There are 4 main types of reaction in this lesson.

Oxidation - increase C-O bond

Reduction - reduce C-H bond

Cleavage of alcohol ~~~OH

Cleavege of alcohol O~~H

How to make alcohol to aldehyde, ketone or carboxylic acid? It is all in the graph below.

Reduction

Cleavage of alcohol ~~~~OH (  cleavage the whole OH group)