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Find the degree of unsaturation in the given compound.

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Knowing the number of degrees of unsaturation in a molecule is useful because this number is related to how many multiple bonds or rings are present in an unknown compound.

One double bond, one degree of unsaturation

The degrees of unsaturation in a molecule are additive — a molecule with one double bond has one degree of unsaturation, a molecule with two double bonds has two degrees of unsaturation, and so forth.

Just as the formation of a double bond causes two hydrogens to be lost, the formation of a ring also results in the loss of two hydrogens, so every ring in the molecule also adds one degree of unsaturation.

For every triple bond, two degrees of unsaturation are added to a molecule, because a molecule must lose four hydrogens to make a triple bond. Some examples of three-carbon molecules with different numbers of degrees of unsaturation are shown here.



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One cycle corresponds to 1 DOU and the ketone functional raise 1 DOU.

Thus, the total degree of unsaturation(DOU) in the given compound=1+1=2


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