A reacts with ethanol in the presence of conc. sulfuric acid under reflux to give B, C8H14O5. B evolves hydrogen gas when treated with sodium metal and reacts with acidified potassium dichromate (VI) to give compound C. Compound C produces an orange precipitate with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine but shows no visible reaction with Fehling’s and Tollen’s reagent.
1I don't think any other compound is possible except the one below, can anyone please cite any other example:
2-hydroxy succinic acid (A)→→CH3CH2OCO-CH(OH)-CH2-COOCH2CH3 (B)
I dont know if any other compound is there.
but if you have to get 14 H and 5 O in a product obtained by refluxing with EtOH,i cant find other choice..........:(
1good one ith power. your answer suits fine , no other compound is coming to my mind .
but such problems might not be asked I think . atleast they'll give the formula or someother wya that you can fix the structure easily. or it might be a trap Q , which might be better of to skip and do others than waste time on such Q's without proper info.
