{"id":202358,"date":"2025-03-17T12:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=202358"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:16:39","slug":"draw-the-structure-of-an-eight-carbon-alkene-that-would-yield-the-following-compound-and-no-others-after-treatment-with-ozone-followed-by-dimethyl-sulfide-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/17\/draw-the-structure-of-an-eight-carbon-alkene-that-would-yield-the-following-compound-and-no-others-after-treatment-with-ozone-followed-by-dimethyl-sulfide-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw the structure of an eight-carbon alkene that would yield the following compound (and no others) after treatment with ozone followed by dimethyl sulfide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Draw the structure of an eight-carbon alkene that would yield the following compound (and no others) after treatment with ozone followed by dimethyl sulfide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1027.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202359\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The eight-carbon alkene that, upon ozonolysis followed by treatment with dimethyl sulfide, yields only one product is 1-octene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Structure of 1-Octene:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CH\u2082=CH(CH\u2082)\u2086CH\u2083<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ozonolysis is a reaction where ozone (O\u2083) cleaves the carbon-carbon double bond (C=C) of alkenes, resulting in the formation of carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes and ketones. When 1-octene undergoes ozonolysis, the reaction proceeds as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ozonolysis Reaction:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ozone molecule adds to the double bond of 1-octene, forming a molozonide intermediate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This intermediate rearranges to form an ozonide, which is a cyclic compound containing three oxygen atoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reductive Work-up with Dimethyl Sulfide:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ozonide is treated with dimethyl sulfide ((CH\u2083O)\u2082S), which reduces the ozonide, cleaving the C=C bond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This cleavage results in two molecules of propan-2-al (acetone), a ketone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall reaction can be summarized as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CH\u2082=CH(CH\u2082)\u2086CH\u2083 + O\u2083 \u2192 2 CH\u2083COCH\u2083<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the ozonolysis of 1-octene followed by treatment with dimethyl sulfide exclusively produces acetone as the sole product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This outcome is specific to 1-octene due to its terminal position of the double bond. Other alkenes with internal double bonds or different substituents would yield a mixture of products upon ozonolysis, making 1-octene the unique precursor that yields only acetone under these conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draw the structure of an eight-carbon alkene that would yield the following compound (and no others) after treatment with ozone followed by dimethyl sulfide. The correct answer and explanation is : The eight-carbon alkene that, upon ozonolysis followed by treatment with dimethyl sulfide, yields only one product is 1-octene. Structure of 1-Octene: CH\u2082=CH(CH\u2082)\u2086CH\u2083 Explanation: Ozonolysis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}