PROBLEM 12.20

Question

Question: What alkene yields each set of oxidative cleavage products?

a. 

b.

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Answer

a.

b.

c.

1Oxidative cleavage

In oxidative cleavage, the double bond is broken, and two carbonyl groups are formed.

 

Therefore, to yield a set of alkenes, the two carbonyls carbon should be joined together by eliminating the oxygen

2Set of alkenes of oxidative cleavage

a.

Alkenes set

b.

Alkenes set

c.

Alkenes set