E.g CH2OH Na2Cr2O7,H2SO4 CO2H A common reagent that selectively oxidizes a primary alcohol to an aldehyde (and no further)is pyridinium chlorochromate,PCC. N: CrO3.HCI (PCC) E.g. 入OH_PCC入 aldehyde Tertiary Alcohols These are resistant to oxidation because they have no hydrogen atoms attached to the oxygen bearing carbon (carbinol carbon). ChlI Reacns of Alcohols (landscape) Page 4 Ch11 Reacns of Alcohols (landscape) Page 4 E.g. A common reagent that selectively oxidizes a primary alcohol to an aldehyde (and no further) is pyridinium chlorochromate, PCC. E.g. Tertiary Alcohols These are resistant to oxidation because they have no hydrogen atoms attached to the oxygen bearing carbon (carbinol carbon). N: CrO3 , HCl (PCC) OH PCC O H aldehyde