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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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a primary alcohol
Because the difference in mass between $-\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}$ group and - $\mathrm{COOH}$ group is 14 , thus the compound which undergoes oxidation is a primary alcohol. ( $-\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{OH}$ is the functional group of primary alcohols.)
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