MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question

Identify the products obtained in the ozonolysis of propene?

(A)Methanol and Ethanol
(B)Methanal and Ethanol
(C)Methanal and EthanalCorrect
(D)Methanol and Ethanal

Answer: (C)

Solution

Ozonolysis cleaves the C=C bond: the alkene first forms an ozonide with , and reductive work-up with splits it into carbonyl compounds, each former alkene carbon becoming a C=O carbon. Propene is . The end gives (methanal) and the end gives

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