EAMCET Engineering 2009 Solved Paper

In Wacker process, alkene is oxidised into aldehyde.
CH2=CH2+‌

1

2

O2‌

PdCl2⋅CuCl2

───────▶

H2O

CH3‌CHO

(B)

Since on ozonolysis, only alkenes produce aldehydes, 'A' must be an alkene. To decide the structure of alkene that undergoes ozonolysis, bring the products together in such a way that O atoms are face to face and, replace O by double (=) bond. Thus,