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Can anybody please solve my doubt? R when made to react with 1eq NaNH2 gives a compound S, which on further reaction with an alkyl halide gives T which on oxidation gives acid U only(molecular mass = 74)..... identify R....

Can anybody please solve my doubt? R when made to react with 1eq NaNH2 gives a compound S, which on further reaction with an alkyl halide gives T which on oxidation gives acid U only(molecular mass = 74)..... identify R....

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GAURAV SINGH
askIITians Faculty 36 Points
10 years ago
The carboxylic acid of mass 74 is propanoic acid
and as it is the only product so T is a symmetric compound which is 3-hexyne on oxidation can give propanoic acid.
because only 3-hexyne
So from here we get that R is propyne

Gaurav Singh
askIITians Faculty
BS-MS in chemistry, IISER Bhopal

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