Question

Draw the structure of the starting material in the ozonolysis reaction below. Hint: The starting material and product have the same number of carbons (i.e., 1 mol reactant : 1 mol product).

Answer 1

what does ozonolysis do?

Answer 2

it forms en aldehyde or ketone from an alkene right?

Answer 3

i just never seen it with those reagents before I've only ever done them with O3 and DMS

Answer 4

it's the same thing, it forms 2 carbonyls from an alkene

Answer 5

so it's the same result. Do you have any ideas?

HINT: it's intramolecular

Answer 6

i wanted to put something like this but i'm not sure if that makes sense that way