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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

A hydrocarbon of formula CH absorbs only one molecule of H upon catalytic hydrogenation. Upon ozonolysis, it yields a single straight-chain dialdehyde, OHC–(CH)–CHO. The hydrocarbon is

Answer: (C)

Solution

CH has two degrees of unsaturation; absorbing only one mole of H means only one C=C is reduced, with the second degree of unsaturation being an

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