Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Oxidation of ketones involves carbon-carbon bond cleavage. Name the products formed on oxidation of 2, 5-dimethylhexan-3-one.

According to Popoft’s rule, the unsymmetrical ketone on oxidation, C—C bond

cleavage and keto group goes with $C H_{3}$
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$C H_{3} — C H —$ group