Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Find the final product

Question: What will be the final product P of the following reaction?




Solution: To find out the final product let us treat the given reactant with the reagent step by step:

First the given reactant is treated with H3O+.


[H30]+ is a hydronium cation, also known as hydroxonium. It's an acid according to Bronstend-Lowry theory, about bases and acids, because it can give of a [H]+ :

[H30] <--> H2O + H+
So when given reactant reacts with H3O+, it gives:



On heating the obtained product losses CO2



Now the obtained alkene is react with O3 and H2O2.

As a reagent, ozone is used to cleave alkenes. When alkenes are treated with ozone and H2O2, they are subjected to “Oxidative workup”, this breaks the carbon-carbon double bond to form carboxylic acid. 



Now this is final product P. 

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