Olympiad workbookNSECGeneral Organic Chemistry
Pheromones are chemicals that animals produce for social response. The structure of brevicomin, a pheromone, is shown below. The open chain ketodiol that would form brevicomin is
Options
- A7,8-dihydroxynonan-3-one
- B6,7-dihydroxynonan-3-one
- C7,8-dihydroxynonan-2-one
- D6,7-dihydroxynonan-2-one
Correct answer
D. 6,7-dihydroxynonan-2-one
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