7 Answers
ANKIT MAHATO
·2009-03-29 23:46:02
this reaction is known as Bayer villager oxidation ... and it is an important reaction ...
voldy
·2009-03-30 22:28:03
the answer is wrong .
O atom goes to in b/w the carbon containing the methyl and the carbon iwth carbonyl
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Debotosh..
·2009-08-14 21:17:10
in b.v. oxidation the oxygen atom insertion is done on that side of the carbonyl carbon which has a more substituted carbon!!! hence we can have the answer as: