The treatment of (CH3)2C=CHCH3 with boiling KMnO4 produces :
A
CH3COCH3+CH3COOH
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B
CH3COCH3+CH3CHO
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C
CH3CHO+CO2
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D
CH3COCH3 only
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Solution
The correct option is ACH3COCH3+CH3COOH
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Hot acidified KMnO4 solution oxidizes the alkene by leaving carbon-carbon soluble bond and replacing it with two carbon-oxygen double bonds. But the aldehyde i.e CH3CHO is readily oxidized give carboxylic acid i.e. CH3COOH .