PMT notes

• functional groups

  
• oxidising agent - acidified potassium dichromate

  • oxidises primary alcohols to aldehydes (alcohol/distil) and then to carboxylic acids (reflux)
  • oxidises secondary alcohols to ketones
• reducing agent - NaBH4


  reduces a carbonyl group C=O to an alcohol group C-OH
• reducing agent - H2 and Ni catalyst 


  reduces a C=C double bond
• reducing agents - Tin / HCl


  reduces NO2 to NH2
• dehydrating agents - Al2O3


  pass vapour over it
• dehydrating agent - H3PO4

  acid-catalysed elimination