Compound X on reaction with followed by gives formaldehyde and 2-methyl propanal as products. The compound X is:
Pent-2-ene
3-Methylbut-1-ene
2-Methylbut-1-ene
2-Methylbut-2-ene
Ozonolysis of an alkene involves the cleavage of the carbon-carbon double bond to form carbonyl compounds . To deduce the structure of the original alkene 'X', we can work backwards by removing the oxygen atoms from the given products (formaldehyde and 2-methylpropanal) and joining their respective carbonyl carbon atoms with a double bond.
Joining the double-bonded carbons yields the alkene: . Numbering the principal carbon chain from the end nearer to the double bond gives the IUPAC name 3-Methylbut-1-ene .
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