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2-hexeneii H2Oi O3Products

The two products formed in above reaction are

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Options:
  • A Butanal and acetaldehyde
  • B Butanoic acid and acetaldehyde
  • C Butanal and acetic acid
  • D Butanoic acid and acetic acid
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Butanoic acid and acetic acid

Ozone will cleave carbon-carbon double bonds to give ketones/carboxylic acids after oxidative workup. Here in this reaction Cleavage occurs at unsaturation of hexene and Butanoic acid and acetic acid is formed.

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