Need answer on alcohol

Question

please explain oxidation of alcohol

Answer 1

Oxidation of alcohols involves adding oxygen molecules and removing hydrogen from the molecule. An example is ethanol (C2H5OH) being oxidized to acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) and further on to acetic acid (CH3COOH). Usual agents are dichromate, permanganate or bleach, and reaction with ethanol will proceed to acetic acid if there is enough oxidizing agent or it is not interrupted (by removal of aldehyde).

Primary alcohols like ethanol undergo 2-step oxidation.

Secondary alcohols like isopropyl alcohol can only be oxidized to ketones (acetone in the case of IPA), while tertiary alcohols cannot be oxidized.