13. Alcohols and Carbonyl Compounds
Oxidizing Agent
Problem 13.111
Textbook Question
Textbook Question(••••) THINKING AHEAD We explain in Chapter 24 that bisphenols can be oxidized to quinones. (a) Calculate the oxidation numbers of C1 and C₂ in going from reactant to product. (b) Provide a mechanism for this transformation. [The reaction begins like the alcohol oxidations of Section 13.9.]
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