Question

Compound a' was prepared by oxidation of compound'b' with alkaline kmnoa. Compound 'a' on reduction with lithium aluminium hydride gets converted back to compound 'b'. When compound 'a' is heated with compound 'b' in the presence of h2soa it produces fruity smeli of compound 'ci to which families the compounds al'b'and'c belong to?

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Solution :

The available data suggests that compound 'A' is an acid. The compound 'B' is an alcohol and it gives the acid 'A' upon oxidation with alkaline

. Similarly when the acid 'A' is reduced with

, alcohol 'B' is formed. The two compounds i.e., 'A' and 'B' react in the presence of

to form an ester 'C'. The reaction is called esterification.