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A compound A on oxidation gave acetaldehyde, then again on oxidation gave acid. After first oxidation it was reacted with ammoniacal \[AgN{{O}_{3}}\] then silver mirror was produced. A is likely to be  [DPMT 1996]

A)                 Primary alcohol

B)                 Tertiary alcohol

C)                 Acetaldehyde   

D)                 Acetone

Correct Answer: A

Solution :

\[\underset{A}{\mathop{\underset{{{1}^{o}}\text{alcohol}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}OH}}\,}}\,\xrightarrow{\text{Oxi}\text{.}}C{{H}_{3}}CHO\xrightarrow{\text{Oxi}\text{.}}C{{H}_{3}}COOH\]