Draw the condensed structural or line-angle formula for the aldehyde or ketone formed when each of the following alcohols is oxidized [O] (if no reaction, write none):
d.

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Draw the condensed structural or line-angle formula for the aldehyde or ketone formed when each of the following alcohols is oxidized [O] (if no reaction, write none):

d.

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All right. Hi, everyone. So this question is asking us to sketch the line angle formula of the aldehyde or ketone produced when the following compound is oxidized. And here we have 22 methyl cyclo hegy ethanol. So here just for the record recall that a line angle formula is a shorthand representation of an organic molecule where carbon atoms are depicted as either corners or open ends. So here recall that an oxidation in the context of organic chemistry is characterized by two things, the number of carbon hetero atom bonds can increase. Meaning for example, the bonds between carbon and oxygen can increase and or the number of carbon hydrogen bonds decreases. And when it comes to oxidation, I like to think of it as a ladder. And to understand this ladder, what I want to point out here is that the starting material given is a primary alcohol because if I locate the carbon that contains my hydroxy group, that carbon is primary because it is attached to only one other carbon. So this is a primary alcohol. Now, when it comes to oxidation, as I mentioned previously, I like to think of it as a ladder. So the bottom step in this case would be a primary alcohol. The step above the primary alcohol in terms of oxidation would be an aldehyde followed by a carboxylic acid and so on. So because the question is specifically mentioning to draw either the aldehyde or the ketone produced, then in this case, we're going to have to require a weak oxidizing agent to take this primary alcohol only one step above in the ladder. In other words, from a primary alcohol to an aldehyde. So here when drawing the oxidation product, the carbon skeleton of this compound is not going to change. Instead, what is going to change is that the hydroxy group is replaced by a carbon. So in this case, I go from an O group to a double bond between carbon and oxygen. And so this would give me my aldehyde product. Now again, this isn't aldehyde because our starting material was a primary alcohol. If it was a secondary alcohol, then it would have gotten oxidized into a ketone and there you have it. So with that being said, thank you so very much for watching and I hope you found this helpful.

Draw the condensed structural or line-angle formula for the aldehyde or ketone formed when each of the following alcohols is oxidized [O] (if no reaction, write none):
d.

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Condensed Structural and Line-Angle Formulas