Reaction of hexanal with oxygen? Is it possible?
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Reaction of hexanal with oxygen? Is it possible?
Although we usually use the more normal oxidizing agents to do this, it only requires a very gentle touch. Ag+ (Tollen's reagent) Cu+2 (Fehling's & Benedict's solutions) and just O2 in the air can do it.
Aldehydes are exquisitly easy to oxidize.
Can you give me the chemical equation?
A reaction like this is often shown simply as: RCHO --[O]--> RCO2H.
Mechanisticly it's a free radical reaction and must involve removal of the acyl H atom, addition of O2, etc, etc.
Thank you for the explanation
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