Oxidation of Beta-carotene

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mjdennis · Answer

Chemistry not Mathematics!  You will have better luck switching to Chemistry with the light blue menu in the upper left.

faiqraees · Answer

If the product is oxidised with hot KMnO4, how many products will have a ketone functional group?

faiqraees · Answer

I am fine here and besides chemistry group is dead right now.

faiqraees · Answer

I have got it to 8 but somehow the answer is 6

inkyvoyd · Answer

smh typical of someone like you. posting in the wrong section like this.

faiqraees · Answer

Umm... mind your own business

photon336 · Answer

I was looking at this for a while so we're using hot KMnO4

faiqraees · Answer

Yes so rupture of bonds

photon336 · Answer

usually KMNO4 hot when reacting with an alkene will produce a carboxylic acid, will oxidize it down all the way.

faiqraees · Answer

but thats not the case if the product is ketone

photon336 · Answer

"usually"  i feel it depends on how many hydrogens that you have too. 

Here's what I think happens for this part of the molecule. 

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photon336 · Answer

there aren't any hydrogens at the double bond so it oxidizes it to a ketone and goes no further. 

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