The oxidation of an unknown alcohol forms a ketone. What is the classification of the unknown alcohol?  If you reduce the same ketone, do you get the original unknown alcohol back?   Options: tertiary, no   quaternary, no   tertiary, yes   primary, no   quaternary, yes   primary, yes   secondary, yes   secondary, no

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The oxidation of an unknown alcohol forms a ketone. What is the classification of the unknown alcohol?  If you reduce the same ketone, do you get the original unknown alcohol back?

 

Options:

tertiary, no

 

quaternary, no

 

tertiary, yes

 

primary, no

 

quaternary, yes

 

primary, yes

 

secondary, yes

 

secondary, no

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