An exercise for training students in chemical kinetics that involves the oxidation of polyols with potassium dichromate. The reactivities of the different polyols are compared and differences are interpreted in terms of stereoelectronic factors. In each case, the relative value of the experimental rate constant is used to infer the role of the substituents in the reaction pathway.
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