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Oppenauer Oxidation.

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When a secondary alcohol is refluxed with acetone in the presence of a catalyst like aluminium ter-butoxide,`" Al (O-ter-Bu)"_(3)`, alcohol os oxidised to a ketone while acetone is reduced to isopropyl alcohol.
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