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Ch. 13 - Alcohols, Ethers and Related Compounds: Substitution and Elimination
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Capitolo 12, Problema 101c

Draw a mechanism for the following oxidation reactions.
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Identify the starting material and the product: The starting material is a secondary alcohol, and the product is a ketone. This indicates an oxidation reaction where the alcohol is converted to a carbonyl group.
Recognize the reagent: The reagent is thionyl chloride (SOCl2), which is commonly used to convert alcohols to alkyl chlorides. However, in this context, it is used to facilitate the oxidation of the alcohol to a ketone.
Understand the mechanism: The reaction likely involves the formation of an intermediate chlorosulfite ester. The alcohol oxygen attacks the sulfur atom of thionyl chloride, leading to the formation of this intermediate.
Formation of the chlorosulfite ester: The hydroxyl group of the alcohol attacks the sulfur atom in thionyl chloride, displacing a chloride ion and forming a chlorosulfite ester intermediate.
Elimination to form the ketone: The chlorosulfite ester undergoes elimination, where the chloride ion acts as a leaving group, resulting in the formation of a carbonyl group (ketone) and the release of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) as byproducts.

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