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Q.Write IUPAC names of the products obtained by the ozonolysis of the following compounds

(a) Pent-2-ene
(b) 1-phenylbut-1-ene
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Ozonolysis splits a C=C bond into two C=O groups; each alkene carbon becomes an aldehyde if it bears at least one H, or a ketone if it is fully substituted. Applying this: Pent-2-ene gives ethanal + propanal; 1-phenylbut-1-ene gives benzaldehyde + propanal.

Ozonolysis (ozone, O3, followed by reductive work-up with Zn/H2O or Zn/AcOH) cleaves a carbon-carbon double bond completely, converting each of the two doubly-bonded carbons into a carbonyl carbon (C=O). If that carbon originally had an attached H, it becomes an aldehyde; if it had no H (fully substituted by carbon groups), it becomes a ketone.

(a) Pent-2-ene: CH3-CH=CH-CH2-CH3

The double bond is between C2 and C3. Cleaving here:

  • Fragment from C1-C2 (CH3-CH=): becomes CH3-CHO -> Ethanal (acetaldehyde)
  • Fragment from C3-C4-C5 (=CH-CH2-CH3): becomes CH3CH2-CHO -> Propanal

(b) 1-phenylbut-1-ene: C6H5-CH=CH-CH2-CH3

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