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WBJEE · Chemistry · Hydrocarbons

Ozonolysis of an alkene produces only one dicarbonyl compound. The structure of the alkene is

  1. A \(\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{C}-\mathrm{CH}=\mathrm{CH}-\mathrm{CH}_{3}\)
  2. D \(\mathrm{CH}_{3}-\mathrm{CH}=\mathrm{CH}-\mathrm{CH}=\mathrm{CH}_{2}\)
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(B)

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Only gives one compound on ozonolysis. All other options give more than one aldehyde/ketone on ozonolysis.