Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Question on alpha - Terpinene and its Unsaturation


a-Terpinene is a natural oil isolated from turpentine as well as from oil of marjorum and other sources. Its formula is C10H16. It can be hydrogenated over a palladium catalyst and absorbs two molecules of hydrogen per molecule of a-Terpinene to yield a new hydrocarbon, C10H20.


How many degrees of unsaturation does a-Terpinene possess and out of them how many are double bonds and how many are rings?


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