A chiral hydrocarbon has molar mass 82 and it gives effervescence when...
A chiral hydrocarbon -Na → H2
There is terminal triple bond in the reactant hydrocarbon because,
R - C ≡ C - H -NaR - C ≡ O Na++H2
Molecular mass = 82i.e., It is C6H10
(a) CH3 - CH2 - CH - C ≡ CH
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CH3
H2 | Pd | CaCO3
CH3 - CH2 - *CH - CH = CH2
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CH3
Option A is wrong as it is chiral
CH3 - CH2 - CH - C ≡ CH
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CH3
Na| NH3
CH3 - CH2 - *CH - CH = CH2
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CH3
Option B is wrong as it is chiral
CH3 - CH2 - CH - C ≡ CH
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CH3
H2 | Ni
CH3 - CH2 - CH - CH2 = CH2
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CH3
Option C is correct as it is achiral
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A chiral hydrocarbon has molar mass 82 and it gives effervescence when...
Chirality of the Hydrocarbon
- The fact that the hydrocarbon is chiral indicates that it has a non-superimposable mirror image, making it optically active.
Treatment with Raney Nickel-H2
- Raney Nickel is a catalyst commonly used for hydrogenation reactions. When the chiral hydrocarbon is treated with Raney Nickel in the presence of hydrogen gas (H2), it undergoes a hydrogenation reaction.
- The hydrogenation reaction reduces the double bonds or functional groups present in the hydrocarbon, leading to the formation of a saturated compound.
- In this process, the chiral centers in the hydrocarbon are altered or removed, resulting in the formation of an achiral compound.
- Therefore, treatment with Raney Nickel-H2 would indeed make the original chiral hydrocarbon achiral.
Other Treatment Options
- Treatment with Pd/CaCO3/H2 or Na/NH3 (l) may not necessarily result in the conversion of the chiral hydrocarbon to an achiral compound.
- Its reaction with HgSO4/H2SO4(aq) to give a mixture of ketones is not directly related to the chirality of the hydrocarbon.
In conclusion, the correct statement is option 'C' as treatment with Raney Nickel-H2 would effectively make the original chiral hydrocarbon achiral.