13.17. Write down the products of ozonolysis ofl, 2-dimethylbenzene (o-xylene). How does the result support Kekule structure of benzene?
13.17. Write down the products of ozonolysis ofl, 2-dimethylbenzene (o-xylene). How does the result support Kekule structure of benzene?
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o-Xylene may be regarded as a resonance hybrid of the following two Kekule structures. Ozonolysis of each one of these gives two products as shown below:
Thus, in all, three products are formed. Since all the three products cannot be obtained from any one of the two Kekule structures, this shows that o-xylene is a resonance hybrid of the two Kekule structures (I and II).
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