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When t-butanol and n-butanol are separat...

When t-butanol and n-butanol are separately treated with a few drops of dil. `KMnO_(4)` in one case only, the purple colour disappears and a brown precipitate is formed. Which of the two alcohols gives the above reaction and what is the brown precipitate?

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`CH_(3)-underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|)C-OH overset(KMnO_(4)("dil."))to "No reaction"`
This is because `3^(@)` alcohols do not undergo oxidation reaction.
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