Questions tagged [organic-oxidation]
For questions about oxidation reactions in organic chemistry, where a molecule of interest is oxidised. Do not use for questions on general redox concepts.
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Conflict: Sandmeyer reaction and Gattermann reaction
So it is known that benzene diazonium chloride when reaction with cuprous(I) chloride would produce a chlorobenzene which is called Sandmeyer reaction.
Now for the same salt, if we react it with ...
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What is the chemical reaction between nitric acid and acetic acid?
Is there a chemical reaction between nitric acid and acetic acid?
The main reason I am asking this question because my lab throws away residues of both of these two ($\pu{1 M}$ concentration each) in ...
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Mechanism of Jones oxidation
We were required to find the number of moles of $CrO_3$ required to oxidize 6 moles of heptan-2-ol. I tried balancing the equation but I am not aware of the final chromium containing product. Knowing ...
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Does the acetic acid in vinegar oxidize significantly?
I apologize in advance for this question. I did very well in O Chem, but that was 50 years ago and I had to study very hard. I don't remember much of it now except what's common in basic biological ...
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Oxidation of 1,2 dicarbonyls by tollens reagent
According to the wiki page on Tollen's reagent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollens%27_reagent#Qualitative_organic_analysis
It also gives a positive test with hydrazines, hydrazones, α-hydroxy ...
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Why does hydrogen peroxide decompose during the oxidation of an aryl amine to and nitroarene (rt) and what are the possible overoxidation products?
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I attempted the oxidation of an aryl amine (2-amino-6-bromonaphtalene) to the nitroarene using hydrogen peroxide (ArNH2, H2O2, MeCN (15 mL as solvent). After trying it on small scale (0.1 ...
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Mechanism of oxidation reaction with periodate
What is the mechanism of reaction of periodate with β-hydroxy amine? I tried the to write the mechanism similar to that of reaction with 1,2-diol but I am not able to obtain 2 carbonyl compound and ...
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Can I make an alcohol-based stain from a pigment with an alkaline extraction process?
I'm in a situation where I don't really even know enough to know if what I want makes sense or has the kinds of problems that I think it might have, but here's the situation:
I would like to make a ...
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Oxidation of Isopropanol by Permanganate in Basic Solution
so I've been designing an experiment where I will explore the effect of isopropanol concentration on the colour change of a solution containing permanganate, isopropanol, and NaOH.
I know that the ...
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Can Schiff's reagent respond to hemiacetal?
Glucose responds with both Tollens' reagent $(\ce{AgNO3})$ and Fehling's solution $(\ce{CuSO4}).$ But it doesn't respond when treated with Schiff's reagent (p-rosaniline hydrochloride), the reason ...
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The Role of Acidified Potassium Manganate(VII) in Oxidation of Alcohols [closed]
The chemical equation for the oxidation of ethanol is given as:
$$\ce{C2H5OH + 2[O] -> CH3COOH + H2O}.$$
Acidified potassium manganate (VII) solution $\ce{KMnO4}$ is added as the oxidising agent. ...
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How does Tollen’s reagent reacts with hydroxylamine?
How does the Tollens' reagent react with hydroxyl amines? For example, let's consider phenylhydroxylamine $\ce{Ph-NH-OH}$ reaction with Tollens' reagent. First it yields $\ce{Ph-N=O}$ and on further ...
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Oxidation of substituted cyclic ketone using permanganate
From what I had learnt, reaction of this with $\ce{KMnO4}$ should give a dicarboxylic acid after cleavage of the carbon-carbon bond. But apparently this is the reaction that happens:
Why is there a ...
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PH - Free Radical - O2 confusion [closed]
some context 1st, this is my understanding:
I understand PH as the balance of protons vs electrons 7 being neutral, 1 being too many protons and 9 too many electrons.
A free radical in the body as a ...
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What's this reaction converting 9,10-dihydroanthracene into anthracene
I have no idea what this reaction converting 9,10-dihydroanthracene into anthracene is. Could someone help me with the name of the reaction/ or explain the mechanism of the formation of the product? 9,...
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