Draw the major product of the reaction between 1-butanol and na2cr2o7, h2so4, h2o
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The major product of reaction between 1-butanol and Na2Cr2O7 is butanoic acid.
When a primary alcohol like 1-butanol (OH is bonded to a primary carbon) is begin to oxidize in the presence of strong oxidizing reagent such as sodium dichromate (Na2Cr2O7) and H2SO4, sulfuric acid, the stepwise oxidation take place as above firstly to the corresponding aldehyde which undergoes further oxidation to the corresponding carboxylic acid.
You can find that the formed aldehyde after first oxidation is butanal and the only organic product, due to the strong oxidizing reagent is butanoic acid.
Thus, the major product formed is butanoic acid.
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Explanation:
The reaction that we are considering here is quite a knotty reaction. It is difficult to decide if the mechanism is actually E1 or E2 since both are equally probable based on the mass of scientific evidence regarding this reaction. However, we can easily assume that the methylenecyclohexane was formed by an E1 mechanism.
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