Q. Oxidation of 1-butene with hot $KMnO_{4}$ solution produces
A) ${CH}_{3}{CH}_{2}COOH + HCOOH$
B) ${CH}_{3}{CH}_{2}COOH + {CO}_{2}\$
C) ${CH}_{3}COOH + {CO}_{2}$
D) $\left( {CH}_{3} \right)_{2}C = O + {CO}_{2}$
Explanation
(b)
Oxidation of 1-butene first gives a mixture of propionic acid and formic acid. Formic acid, however, gets further oxidised to $CO_{2}\ and\ H_{2}O$. Therefore, option (b) is correct.
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