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Oxidation of ketones involves carbon-carbon bond cleavage. Name the products formed on oxidation of 2,5-dimethylhexan-3-one.

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Solution :Being an unsymmetrical ketone, oxidation occurs o either side of the C=O group giving a MIXTURE of 2-methylpropanoic acid, 3-methylbutanoic acid and propan-2-one. Propan-2-one on further oxidation GIVES a mixture of ethanoic acid and methanoic acid. subsequent oxidation of methanoic acid gives `CO_(2)` and `H_(2)O`
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