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  • Please help! Ozonolysis of an organic compound gives formaldehyde as one of the products. This confirms the presence of

Ozonolysis of an organic compound gives formaldehyde as one of the products. This confirms the presence of

  • Option 1)

    two ethylenic double bonds

  • Option 2)

    a vinyl group

  • Option 3)

    an isopropyl group

  • Option 4)

    an acetylenic triple bond

 

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As we learnt in 

Reductive Ozonolysis of alkenes -

In the presence of Zn dust and H2O gives aldehyde.

- wherein

RCH=CHR+O_{3}\rightarrow 2RCHO+H_{2}O_{2}

 

 Presence of vinyl (or ethyl) group gives formaldehyde as one of the product in ozonolysis.


Option 1)

two ethylenic double bonds

This option is incorrect

Option 2)

a vinyl group

This option is correct

Option 3)

an isopropyl group

This option is incorrect

Option 4)

an acetylenic triple bond

This option is incorrect

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