Primary and secondary alcohols are dehydrogenated by copper at 573 K to aldehydes and ketones respectively. In contrast tertiary alcohols are dehydrated to alkenes by heating with copper at 573 K. Similarly, primary alcohols are easily oxidised to form first an aldehyde and then a carboxylic acid while secondary alcohols are oxidised to ketones which are further oxidised to form a mixture of acids. Tertiary alcohols are oxidised with difficulty and with strong oxidising agents in acidic medium. They form first ketones and then acids. In the case of alcohols containing carbon-carbon double bond, some oxidising agents oxidise both double bond and OH group while other reagents donot affect C-Chond. The reagent which oxidises 1^(@) alcohol to aldehyde without affecting C=C double bond is

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1.	Primary and secondary alcohols are dehydrogenated by copper at 573 K to aldehydes and ketones respectively. In contrast tertiary alcohols are dehydrated to alkenes by heating with copper at 573 K. Similarly, primary alcohols are easily oxidised to form first an aldehyde and then a carboxylic acid while secondary alcohols are oxidised to ketones which are further oxidised to form a mixture of acids. Tertiary alcohols are oxidised with difficulty and with strong oxidising agents in acidic medium. They form first ketones and then acids. In the case of alcohols containing carbon-carbon double bond, some oxidising agents oxidise both double bond and OH group while other reagents donot affect C-Chond. The reagent which oxidises 1^(@) alcohol to aldehyde without affecting C=C double bond is
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