or carboxylic acids.A variety of oxidants can be used. 500px

Almost all industrial scale oxidations use oxygen or air as the oxidant.

Through a variety of mechanisms, the removal of a hydride equivalent converts a primary or secondary alcohol to an aldehyde or ketone, respectively. The oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids normally proceeds via the corresponding aldehyde, which is transformed via an aldehyde hydrate (gem-diol, R-CH(OH)₂)

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