Answer:
Only n-butyl alcohol is oxidised
under the reaction conditions while tertiary butyl alcohol fails to react.
\[\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}
\\
\text{n-butyl}\,\text{alcohol}
\end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{2}}OH}}\,+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}
\\
\text{(Purple)}
\end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{KMn{{O}_{4}}}}\,\]\[\xrightarrow{\,}\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}
\\
Pot.\,salt\,of\,n-butyric\,acid
\end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{2}}COOK}}\,+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}
\\
Brown\,\,ppt.
\end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{Mn{{O}_{2}}+KOH}}\,\]
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