Consider the reaction given below, the products ‘X’ and ‘Y’ respectively are:
A
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Solution
The correct option is B Answer: (b)
The given reaction is an aldol condensation reaction.
Initially OH− will abstract an α−hydrogen from cyclopentanone and will form a carbanion. The carbonanion will attack the carbonyl of another molecule of cyclopentanone to form aldol.
While heating the product it undergoes β-elimination to form the more substituted alkene product (stable).