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13.7  Propanal and pentan-3-one are the ozonolysis products of an alkene? What is the structural formula of the alkene?

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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)

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