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An oxygen containing organic compound upon oxidation forms a carboxylic acid as the only organic product with its molecular mass higher by 14 units. The organic compound is
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B
: The difference in mass between 
group and 
group is 14 . Thus the compound which undergoes oxidation is a primary alcohol.
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