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Consider the reaction given below, the products ‘X’ and ‘Y’ respectively are:


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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 αhydrogen 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).


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