i) Explain why the molecule below is not oxidized to a meta-quinone. 
ii) What is the actual expected product of the oxidation?

• A.  i) The molecule below is not oxidized to a meta-quinone because the oxidizing agent can only oxidize one equivalent of alcohol.
• B. i) The molecule below is not oxidized to a meta-quinone because the carbocation intermediate only has resonance structures that contain positive charges at ortho and para positions preventing the formation of carbonyls that are meta relative to each other.
• C. i) The molecule below is not oxidized to a meta-quinone because the oxidizing agent can only oxidize one equivalent of alcohol.
• D. i) The molecule below is not oxidized to a meta-quinone because the carbocation intermediate only has resonance structures that contain positive charges at ortho and para positions preventing the formation of carbonyls that are meta relative to each other.

Answer: (B)