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A secondary alcohol can be converted to a tertiary alcohol by subjecting it to an acid-catalyzed rearrangement reaction known as a pinacol rearrangement. In this process, the secondary alcohol undergoes a rearrangement to form a more stable tertiary alcohol through a carbocation intermediate.

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What does chromic acid test and lucas test indicate?

The chromic acid test is used to identify the presence of primary or secondary alcohols by observing a color change from orange to green or blue. The Lucas test is used to differentiate between primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols by observing the formation of an alkyl chloride precipitate.


What happens to a tertiary alcohol with lucas reagent?

A tertiary alcohol does not react with Lucas reagent (ZnCl2 and HCl) and does not form a white precipitate, meaning it does not undergo a substitution reaction. Lucas reagent is primarily used to test for the presence of primary or secondary alcohols, as they react to form alkyl chlorides which are insoluble and precipitate out.


What do you get if you mix secondary color and primary color?

If you mix a primary color with a secondary color, you will typically get a tertiary color. Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary and a secondary color together.


When a primary color is mixed with a secondary color the new product is called what?

The new product is called a tertiary color. Tertiary colors are created by mixing a primary color with a secondary color.


Can C3H6O be a secondary alcohol?

Methanol is a primary alcohol. You can't have a secondary alcohol until you get to propanol, where 1-propanol is a primary alcohol and 2-propanol is a secondary alcohol (also called sec-propyl alchohol or isopropanol). Secondary alcohols are alcohols where the -OH group is attached to a carbon that has two carbon groups attached to it. The first tertiary alcohol is t-butyl alcohol, otherwise known as 2-methyl-2-propanol. In that molecule the -OH group is attached to a carbon that has three carbon groups attached to it.

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Compare the relative ease of oxidation of primary secondary and tertiary butyl alcohol toward acid dichromate based on the time required for the solution to change color?

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