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ChemistryHydrocarbonCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF ALKENESMedium2 min
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A hydrocarbon ‘X’ adds on one mole of hydrogen to give another hydrocarbon and decolourised bromine water. ‘X’ reacts with KMnO4 in presence of acid to give two moles of the same carboxylic acid. The structure of ‘X’ is:

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

Hydrocarbon ‘X’ has one double bond as it adds only one mole of H2. It is symmetrical alkene as it gives two moles of the same carboxylic acid an oxidation with acidified KMnO4. Out of the four options given, the only symmetrical alkene is Hex-3-ene.

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