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Of the following compounds, whose ozonolysis proves the Kekule structure of benzene?

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Benzene
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Toluene
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o-Xylene
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p-Xylene
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Solution

The correct option is D o-Xylene
o-Xylene on ozonolysis gives glyoxal: methylglyoxal: dimethyl glyoxal in the ratio 3:2:1, which proves the existence of resonance in benzene and hence proves the Kekule structure of benzene.

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