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A hydrocarbon of formula takes up one mole of over Pd/C and, on ozonolysis followed by , gives only a single product, octane-2,7-dione. The hydrocarbon is
- A. 1,2-dimethylcyclohex-1-ene
- B. 1-ethylcyclohex-1-ene
- C. 3,4-dimethylcyclohexene
- D. 1-methylcycloheptene
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Answer: (A) 1,2-dimethylcyclohex-1-ene
has two degrees of unsaturation; one uptake means one and one ring. Cleavage of a ring alkene gives a single acyclic dicarbonyl compound with all carbons. Octane-2,7-dione, , arises when the double bond carries one methyl on each carbon and the other four ring carbons are groups: 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene. 1-Methylcycloheptene would give a keto-aldehyde, and 1-ethylcyclohexene also gives a keto-aldehyde.
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