if ketones can't be oxidized then why can we burn them?

>>8212616
>if ketones can't be oxidized
they can be
mCBPA takes ketones to esters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baeyer%E2%80%93Villiger_oxidation

burning them in XS oxygen (under the right conditions, blah blah) will take all organic C, including the carbonyl, to CO2

chemistry isnt sciense

Type one diabetic here. Ketones are the result of fat the body stores for energy when the body can't process carbs due to either lack of insulin, or, the body killing it's insulin processing cells.

>>8212626
>attempt to oxidize ketone with peroxide
>get ketone peroxide
>try same with ozone
>nothing happens

>>8212631
What does this have to do w/burning.?

>>8212631
Well that's one type of ketone. Not all.
>>8212616
Well I'm gonna give the answer that's on par with the level of question you just asked. When you burn a ketone the C=O bond stays intact and then creates O=C=O with the other two carbon bonds.

>>8212641
change the pH

>>8212641
>>8212646
topkek, why did i even bother responding?

if you've got the ketone peroxide, you've oxidized the ketone - it might not have been the transformation you wanted but it sure as hell is an oxidation.

if adding exogenous acid or base doesn't help, look to your work up.

once knew a guy who successfully made an oxaziridine and 'couldn't' isolate it b/c he used a reductitve work up.

>>8212655
>try to oxidize peroxide
>detonation
explain

>>8212659
>try to oxidize peroxide
lmao, no
try again

>>8212971
as a follow up:
the conversion of a ketone peroxide to an ester is merely an internal redox reaction - not net oxidation.