MHT CET 2025 Chemistry question

ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsMHT CET 2025

Cyclohexene on oxidation with KMnO<sub>4</sub> in dil.H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> forms.

Answer: (D)

Solution

Hot acidic is a strong oxidising agent that cleaves the bond of an alkene. Each carbon of the double bond that bears a hydrogen is oxidised to a carboxyl group. In cyclohexene the ring is opened at the double bond, and both ends become : cyclohexene

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