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  4. Three products are obtained by the ozonolysis of penta-1, 3-diene. Out of these if two products are formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, the name of the third one is

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Q. Three products are obtained by the ozonolysis of penta-$1, 3$-diene. Out of these if two products are formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, the name of the third one is

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Solution:

$CH_2 = CH - CH = CH - CH_3 \xrightarrow{O_3}$
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$\xrightarrow{Zn/H_2O} \underset{\text{formaldehyde}}{HCHO} +\underset{\text{glyoxal}}{\underset{\overset{|}{CHO}}{CHO}} + \underset{\text{acetaldehyde}}{CH_3CHO}$