Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter 21 - Additional Exercises - Page 881i: 121

Answer

The names of the products when these isomers react with excess $KMnO_{4}$ are: Propanoic acid ($CH_{3}CH_{2}COOH$) and Acetone / 2-propanone ($CH_{3}-CO-CH_{3}$) respectively. See the below reactions.

Work Step by Step

There are three (03) isomers possible having formula $C_{3}H_{8}O$ which are propanol ($CH_{3}CH_{2}OH$) , 2-propanol ($CH_{3}-CH(OH)-CH_{3}$) and methoxy ethane ($CH_{3}-O-CH_{2}CH_{3}$). Among them, propanol participates in oxidation reaction and produce propanoic acid where $-CH_{2}OH$ group of propanol becomes $-COOH$. 2-propanol also participates in oxidation reaction and produce acetone by converting the $-CH(OH)-$ group of 2-propanol into $-CO-$ group. methoxy methane does not participate in oxidation reaction.
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