13.7 Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene? What is the structural formula of the alkene?
In the process of ozonolysis, an ozonide, cyclic ring structure intermediate is formed, which undergoes cleavage to give the product. The parent compound produces pentan-3-one and propanal. So, the possible structure should be-
Here in this above structure, right side Pent-3-one and the left-hand side propanal structure.
Thus, by removing the ozone from ozonide we can get the parent alkene structure.
Therefore the structure of the parent alkene is
(3-ethyl-3-hexene)