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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: pineapple on May 03, 2004, 12:16:11 PM
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*delete me* Compound X is optically inactive and has the formula C16H16Br2. On treatment with a strong base, X gives hydrocarbon Y, C16H14. Compund Y absorbs 2 equivalents of hydrogen when reduced over a pallidiium catalyst and reacts with ozone to gove two fragments. One fragment, Z is an aldehyde with the formul C7H6O. The other fragement is glyoxal, (CHO)2. Write the reractions involved, and suggest structures of X,Y and Z. What is the stereochemistry of X?
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There are two possibilities for X
(C6H5CHBrCH2)2 or (C6H5CH2CHBr)2, both gave the same hydrocarbon (C6H5CH=CH)2(Y) and C6H5CHO (Z). Compound X should have stereochemistry meso.