Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Hydroxy compounds

Hydroxy compounds — practice question

Reagent X is introduced separately to 2-methylbutan-1-ol and 3-methylbutan-2-ol. The observations seen are not the same. What is reagent X?

  • A$\text{Na(s)}$
  • Balkaline $\text{I}_2\text{(aq)}$
  • C$\text{PCl}_5$
  • Dacidified $\text{KMnO}_4$

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