Number of hydrogen moles needed to saturate the following compound is .....

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trojanpoem · Answer

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trojanpoem · Answer

I doubt it's ( 3 or 4 ).
If to saturate we count the CHO so 4
if we don't 3

taramgrant0543664 · Answer

Well in order to saturate the compound you would have to get rid of all the double bonds in the compound. How many double bonds is there in the compound?

trojanpoem · Answer

3 in the C6H6 ,  1 in CHO

trojanpoem · Answer

Well, but some double bonds are not counted sometimes.  Aldehyde is a functional group. and if we saturated it the compound will lose it's functions. CHOH Now Alcohol?

taramgrant0543664 · Answer

You would break the C=C double bonds only not the C=O bonds when counting the hydrogens

trojanpoem · Answer

So only |dw:1435511056584:dw|