✔ 最佳答案
It is NOT oxidation , but REDUCTION.
The orders of oxidation are:-
Primary Alcohol; Alcohol, Aldehyde , Acid
Secondary Alcohol ; Alcohol, Ketone
Tertiary Alcohol ; Does NOT Oxidise.
Order of Reduction is the opposite to oxidation.
Acid . Aldehyde . Primary Alcohol
Ketone, Secondary Alcohol
Tertiary alcohols do not reduce further.
The alcohol functional group in citric acid is a tertiary alcohol. Tertary alcohols do NOT oxidise. Hence a ketone is not formed
NB note the spelling of 'KETONE' not 'Keytone'.