Ozonolysis-reduction of an unknown alkene gives equal amounts of CH_3CH_2CHO and CH_3CH_2CH_2CHO....
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Ozonolysis-reduction of an unknown alkene gives equal amounts of {eq}\rm CH_3CH_2CHO {/eq} and {eq}\rm CH_3CH_2CH_2CHO {/eq}. Draw and name the unknown alkene.
Ozonolysis:
Ozonolysis comes in terms of "oxidation of alkenes". This oxidation can form a number of molecules of "ketone, aldehyde or carboxylic acid" depending upon the structure of alkene and the reagent.
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The given amounts of aldehydes is found by the oxidation of alkene as:
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Therefore, the name of the alkene is Hex-3-ene and the structure is...
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Chapter 6 / Lesson 22Learn about what an alkene is and explore the alkene formula and alkene examples. See examples of different types of alkene compounds and what alkenes are used for.