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Oxidising alcohols

For my chemistry assginment i wanted to know 2 methods of oxidizing butan-1-ol into butanal. can someone help out please
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Nirgilis
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Moved to Chemistry for you :h:
What methods are you already aware of?
What did you mean with two methods? two different possibilities to oxidate butan-1-ol to butanal? or does it mean to name two oxidation products?

the chemical structure of butan-1-ol is C4H10O, in contrast to that butanal has the chemical structure C4H8O. Butanal is an aldehyde which was taken two hydrogen atoms.

As an alcohol, butan-1-ol can react to butanal, if it makes contact with the air:

C4H10O + 1/2 O2 -> C4H8O + H2O

You can also use an oxidation product to get butanal, copper oxide for instance:

C4H10O + CuO -> C4H8O + Cu + H2O
Only method I know is acidified potassium dichromate and distillation of the butanal.

(It will full oxidise to butanoic acid if you don't distill.)
Original post by r ramzan
For my chemistry assginment i wanted to know 2 methods of oxidizing butan-1-ol into butanal. can someone help out please


The Swern Oxidation is an effective method to selectively produce aldehydes.

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