A primary alcohol can oxidise to an aldehyde and then further oxidise to a carboxylic acid.
A secondary alcohol, such as pentan-3-ol, can oxidise to a ketone. When oxidising a secondary alcohol, one might as well just use reflux, to maximise the rate of the reaction, since there is no need to try to be selective over which product forms (as you would worry about with a primary alcohol).
It seems correct, I know that a secondary alcohol can only oxidise once and a tertiary cannot be oxidised at all. Ill check if it does oxidise to a ketone
You lose Hydrogens when a molecule is oxidize, so I think so. I am not sure where those 2e- are from though, but the product side (on the right) looks right.
You lose Hydrogens when a molecule is oxidize, so I think so. I am not sure where those 2e- are from though, but the product side (on the right) looks right.