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-Methylcyclohexene is treated with followed by to give . is oxidised with pyridinium chlorochromate to , and is then stirred with excess in until no further exchange takes place. The molecular formula of the organic compound finally isolated is
- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
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Answer: (A)
Hydroboration-oxidation adds and across the double bond in an anti-Markovnikov, syn manner, so the boron and hence the hydroxyl group end up on the less substituted carbon . is therefore trans-2-methylcyclohexanol, a secondary alcohol, and not the tertiary 1-methylcyclohexanol. PCC oxidises a secondary alcohol cleanly to the ketone, so is 2-methylcyclohexanone, . Under base each enolisable -hydrogen is exchanged for deuterium through the enolate. The -carbons are (one H, bearing the methyl) and (two H); the methyl hydrogens are not to the carbonyl. Three hydrogens are exchanged, giving . Option (D) would be the answer if the tertiary alcohol were formed (no oxidation, no exchange), and (B) or (C) miscount the -hydrogens.
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