Answer: C. Oxidising an alcohol gives a carboxylic acid with the same carbon skeleton. Methanol gives methanoic acid, \(\text{HCO}_2\text{H}\), which has no \(\text{CH}_3\) group.
Ethanol, propanol and butanol all give acids that contain a \(\text{CH}_3\) group, so methanol is the one that cannot.
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