The degree of unsaturation in the structure of the product is:
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Solution
The treatment of an alkene with meta chloro perbenzoic acid forms an epoxide. When an alkene contains two nonconjugated double bonds and 1 equivalent of meta chloroperbenzoic acid is used, the more substituted alkene is converted to epoxide. The product of the reaction contains 2 DOU one is from the alkene and another from the cyclic ring obtained by epoxy functional group.