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Draw the structure of the major organic product of the following reaction

Draw the structure of the major organic product of

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Concepts and reason

This problem is based on the concept of oxidation reaction of organic compounds.

Organic compounds containing benzene ring can be oxidized by various methods in order to give a variety of compounds like phenolic compounds, carbonyl compounds and carboxylic compounds.

Fundamentals

Potassium permanganate (KMnO4)\left( {{\rm{KMn}}{{\rm{O}}_4}} \right) in acidic condition is used to oxidize aromatic compounds such as toluene to carboxylic acids.

The structure of reactant is given below:

CH3

The complete reaction sequence is given below:

COOH
fооно
Н
KMnO,
heat
ЭН

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The structure of the product is as follows:

он
НО
НО,
COOH

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