In the following series of reactions identify the major products A & B respectively:

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Core Logic

Statement I: Cis-2-butene (CH₃-CH=CH-CH₃$CH_3-CH=CH-CH_3$) undergoes reductive ozonolysis to cleave the double bond and yield two molecules of acetaldehyde (ethanal, CH₃CHO$CH_3CHO$). This statement is true.

Statement II: 3,6-dimethyloct-4-ene (CH₃-CH₂-CH(CH₃)-CH=CH-CH(CH₃)-CH₂-CH₃$CH_3-CH_2-CH(CH_3)-CH=CH-CH(CH_3)-CH_2-CH_3$) undergoes reductive ozonolysis to yield 2-methylbutanal (CH₃-CH₂-CH(CH₃)-CHO$CH_3-CH_2-CH(CH_3)-CHO$). This product contains a chiral carbon atom (the C2$C2$ carbon bonded to -H$-H$, -CH₃$-CH_3$, -CHO$-CHO$, and -C₂H₅$-C_2H_5$). Thus, the statement that it has no chiral carbon atom is false.

Pattern Recognition

To check chirality after ozonolysis, draw the cleaved fragment structure first. Any carbon with four different groups is chiral. 2-methylbutanal has four unique groups attached to C2$C2$, making Statement II clearly false.

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Core Logic

Statement I is true: In m-xylene, both methyl groups direct incoming electrophiles to position 4 (synergistic ortho/para effect). Nitration gives 4-nitro-m-xylene. Subsequent strong oxidation of both -CH₃$-CH_3$ groups yields 4-nitrobenzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid.

Statement II is true: Alkyl groups (-CH₃$-CH_3$) act as ortho/para directors via hyperconjugation, whereas nitro groups (-NO₂$-NO_2$) are strongly deactivating meta directors.

Pattern Recognition

When evaluating multi-substituted benzenes, identify whether directors reinforce the same positions. In m-xylene, position 4 is ortho to one methyl and para to the other.

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Core Logic

A negative Baeyer's test confirms that the hydrocarbon structural isomers contain no aliphatic alkene or alkyne unsaturations, establishing that they are purely aromatic benzene derivatives with side alkyl chains.

To find structures possessing four distinct ring positions available for electrophilic substitution, we examine the symmetries of specific tri-substituted configurations. There are exactly 2$2$ such structural isomers satisfying these spatial conditions.

Pattern Recognition

Negative test = aromatic ring constraint. Calculate positional substitution patterns meticulously to ensure ring symmetry matches the required counts.

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Core Logic

Reductive ozonolysis (O₃, Zn/H₂O$O_3, Zn/H_2O$) cleaves the double bond of 1,4-dimethylcyclohexene and replaces each carbon of the alkene with a carbonyl group (C=O$C=O$).

3-methyl-6-oxoheptanal has a 7-carbon principal chain containing an aldehyde group at C-1, a methyl substituent at C-3, and a ketone group at C-6.

Step 1: Ozonolysis Verification

Cleaving the endocyclic double bond in structure (2) produces:

Numbering from the aldehyde functional group (C-1):

• C-1: -CHO$-\mathrm{CHO}$
• C-3: -CH₃$-\mathrm{CH_3}$ methyl branch
• C-6: -C=O$-\mathrm{C=O}$ keto group
• C-7: terminal methyl group

IUPAC Name: 3-methyl-6-oxoheptanal.

Pattern Recognition

Reverse ozonolysis: Connect aldehyde C-1 and keto C-6 back into a ring double bond.

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