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ChemistryOrganic Oxidation & Reduction ReactionsJEE Main

tert-Butyl alcohol (4 carbon atoms) is treated with under drastic conditions to give ; is treated again under the same drastic conditions to give ; and is treated once more under the same drastic conditions to give . The number of carbon atoms present in the final product is

Answer: 2

Solution

Under drastic acidic permanganate conditions, tert-butyl alcohol is first dehydrated/degraded to 2-methylpropene (, 3 carbon atoms after loss of one carbon as part of the oxidative

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