JEE Main Chemistry question

Ozonolysis of an organic compound gives formaldehyde as one of the products. This confirms the presence of [AIEEE 2011]

(A)Two ethylenic double bonds
(B)A vinyl groupCorrect
(C)An *iso*-propyl group
(D)An acetylenic triple bond

Answer: (B)

Solution

Ozonolysis cleaves a C=C double bond into two carbonyl fragments, placing an O atom on each former alkene carbon. Formaldehyde (HCHO, from a =CH carbon bearing two hydrogens) can only

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