Ozonolysis

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• What are the applications of ozonolysis?
• What is ozonolysis in organic chemistry?
• What alkene would give only a ketone with three carbons as a product of oxidative cleavage?
• What alkenes would give only an aldehyde with four carbons as a product of oxidative cleavage?
• What aspect of the structure of the alkene does ozonolysis not tell you?
• Can ozonolysis be used to determine the structure of an unknown alkene?
• What is oxidative cleavage?
• What is an ozonide in the mechanism for ozonoide formation?
• What happens when alkenes are oxidized?
• What is the mechanism for ozonoide formation?
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• What are the products obtained after ozonolysis of the following compounds: 2,4,4-trimethylpent-2-ene; 2-methylbut-1-ene; 1-methylclohexene?