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Under what circumstances may and aldehyde ber prepared by oxidation of primary alcohol, ROH, with acid dichromate?

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If the aldehyde product in more volatile than the reactant alcohol and `H_(2)O`, it may be removed from the reaction mixture by distillation as it is formed. For exapmple, acetaldehyde (b.pt.294K) can be prepared from ethyl alcohol (b.pt. 351K) by this method.
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