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Maleic anhydride Maleic anhydride can be prepared by :
 
Option: 1 Heating trans-but-2-enedioic acid
Option: 2 Heating cis-but-2-enedioic acid
Option: 3 Treating cis-but-2-enedioic acid with alcohol and acid
Option: 4 Treating trans-but-2-enedioic acid with alcohol and acid

Answers (1)

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Maleic anhydride can be obtained by heating of Maleic acid. The IUPAC name of Maleic Acid is cis-But-2-enedioic acid.

The reaction is given as

Hence, the correct answer is option (2)

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