Compound A, C 11 H 12 O, which gave a negative Tollens test, was treated with LiAlH
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Compound A, C11H12O, which gave a negative Tollens test, was treated with LiAlH4, followed by dilute acid, to give compound B, which could be resolved into enantiomers.
When optically active B was treated with CrO3 in pyridine, an optically inactive sample of A was obtained.
Heating A with hydrazine in base gave hydrocarbon C, which, when heated with alkaline KMnO4, gave carboxylic acid D. Identify all of the compounds and explain your reasoning.
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Because compound A has one carbon more than the product D a carbon is lost at some point the most li...View the full answer
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