Choose the Best Answer · Q11
Q.Which among the following alkenes on reductive ozonolysis produces only propanone?
(a) 2-Methylpropene
(b) 2-Methylbut-2-ene
(c) 2,3-Dimethylbut-1-ene
(d) 2,3-Dimethylbut-2-ene
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Step 1. Reductive ozonolysis cleaves an alkene's C=C bond and converts EACH alkene carbon into its own carbonyl compound; for the product to be 'only propanone' (a single compound, with nothing else), BOTH halves of the alkene must independently become propanone, (CH3)2C=O.
Step 2. 2-Methylpropene, (CH3)2C=CH2, cleaves into (CH3)2C=O (propanone) AND HCHO (formaldehyde, from the terminal =CH2) -- two DIFFERENT products, so this is ruled out.
Step 3. 2-Methylbut-2-ene, (CH3)2C=CH-CH3, cleaves into (CH3)2C=O (propanone) AND CH3CHO (acetaldehyde) -- again two different products, ruled out. …
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