Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. It reacts with acetic anhydride to give an ester, which on ozonolysis gives a mixture of butanal, glyoxal and 10-acetoxy

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Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. It reacts with acetic anhydride to give an ester, which on ozonolysis gives a mixture of butanal, glyoxal and 10-acetoxy decanal. The sum of the number of double bonds, lone pairs and the number of carbon atoms in bombykol is

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Answer:

20

Solution:

From the information given the structure of Bombykol is

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From the information given the structure of Bombykol is

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