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Oxidation of ketones involves carbon-carbon bond cleavage. Name the products formed on oxidation of 2, 5-dimethyl hexane-3-one.

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Being unsymmetrical, ketone oxidation occurs on either side of the C = O group giving mixture of 2-methyl propanoic acid, 3-methyl butanoic acid and propan-2-one.
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Oxidation of ketones involves carbon-carbon bond cleavage. Name the products formed on oxidation of 2, 5-dimethyl hexane-3-one.