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Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene. What is the structural formula of the alkene?
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(i) Write the structures of propanal and pentan-3-one with their oxygen atoms facing each other, we have,

(ii) Remove oxygen atoms and join the two fragments by a double bond, the structure of the alkene is

(ii) Remove oxygen atoms and join the two fragments by a double bond, the structure of the alkene is

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