[Babcock_Hall]

The only atoms that are lost in the synthesis of an ester from a carboxylic acid and an alcohol are the elements of one molecule of water.  No carbon atoms are lost.  It would be possible to produce hexanoic acid from hexane through oxidation, as you wrote.  But some other things that you wrote are not correct.

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

https://imgur.com/a/8secZV1

Link to my attempt of oxidation of 1-hexanol

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

Okay thanks for the correction and clarification. So to create a hexanoic acid is from hexane through oxidation. I did my attempt in the attatched imgur.

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

https://imgur.com/gallery/8secZV1

Correct link

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

for clarification what were the statements i said that were incorrect.

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

so now whats like the next step if my attempt is correct.

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

https://imgur.com/a/8secZV1

[Babcock_Hall]

None of your links works for me.  Can you think of a way to make an alcohol from a different organic molecule using basic organic chemistry?

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

https://ibb.co/QYjVcPG
https://ibb.co/PgQLV2C

[Babcock_Hall]

Can you think of ways to turn alkanes into a different class of organic compounds?

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

to transform alkanes into a different class of organic compounds is esterification.

Alkanes can be converted into alcohols by first converting them to halogenoalkanes through a radical substitution reaction which is exchanging one of the hydrogens and a halogen like chlorine and then a nucleophile substitution reaction exchanging the attached halogen for a stronger nucleophile in this case hydroxide. After that, alcohols can be oxidized to carboxylic acids by a reflux reaction. once you have pentanol and hexanoic acid they can be combined with an esterification reaction to maybe form the final product.

Edit: I’m not completely sure how to turn it into/the steps into an organic compound I only know into an alcohol.

[Babcock_Hall]

Your first sentence does not make good chemical sense.  The rest of what you wrote appears to be on the right track, but there are some spelling mistakes that make it difficult to follow.

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

Sorry I will edit it right now. Don’t go away

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

there i edited the post

[ryukomatoiwaifu17]

also by the way i derived this note from my instructor "credits to my instructor

also im not entirely sure what this instruction is explaining about. Can you elaborate.