OXIDATION

• WHAT ARE ALDEHYDES OXIDISED TO?

  carboxylic acids
• WHAT ARE ALDEHYDES OXIDISED BY?

  acidified potassium dichromate (VI)
• WHAT IS POTASSIUM DICHROMATE (VI) ACIDIFIED BY?

  dilute sulfuric acid
• WHAT ARE KETONES OXIDISED TO?

  not easily oxidised to carboxylic acids
• WHY ARE KETONES NOT EASILY OXIDISED?

  C-C bond must be broken
• WHAT HAPPENS IF A STRONGER OXIDISING AGENT IS USED ON A KETONE?

  hydrocarbon chain broken into a shorter chain molecule, carbon dioxide and water
• WHAT DO WEAK OXIDISING AGENTS DO?

  oxidise aldehydes but not ketones