Which of the following compound on ozonolysis gives methyl glyoxal and glyoxal only?

Question

Which of the following compound on ozonolysis gives methyl glyoxal and glyoxal only? (A) o-Xylene (B) p-Xylene, m-Xylene (C) Ethyl benzene. (D) None of these.

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(i) o-xylene gives a mixture of dimethyl glyoxal, glyoxal and methyl glyoxal as ozonolysis product.
(ii) m- and p-xylene give a mixture of 2 moles of methyl glyoxal and 1 mole of glyoxal as ozonolysis product.
(iii) Ethyl benzene gives ethyl glyoxal and glyoxal as ozonolysis product.

Q. Which of the following compound on ozonolysis gives methyl glyoxal and glyoxal only?

o-Xylene

p-Xylene, m-Xylene

Ethyl benzene.

None of these.

(i) o-xylene gives a mixture of dimethyl glyoxal, glyoxal and methyl glyoxal as ozonolysis product. (ii) m- and p-xylene give a mixture of 2 moles of methyl glyoxal and 1 mole of glyoxal as ozonolysis product. (iii) Ethyl benzene gives ethyl glyoxal and glyoxal as ozonolysis product.

(i) o-xylene gives a mixture of dimethyl glyoxal, glyoxal and methyl glyoxal as ozonolysis product.
(ii) m- and p-xylene give a mixture of 2 moles of methyl glyoxal and 1 mole of glyoxal as ozonolysis product.
(iii) Ethyl benzene gives ethyl glyoxal and glyoxal as ozonolysis product.