Question
Alkenes combine with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in presence of octacarbonyldicobalt as catalyst under high temperature and pressure to form
A.
aldehydes which can be further reduced to alcohols by hydrogen
B.
alkanes which are formed by addition of hydrogen
C.
alcohols formed by reaction of $$CO$$ and hydrogen
D.
ketones which can be further reduced to aldehydes by hydrogen
Answer :
aldehydes which can be further reduced to alcohols by hydrogen
Solution :
$$R - CH = C{H_2} + {H_2} + CO \to $$ \[\underset{\text{aldehyde}}{\mathop{RC{{H}_{2}}C{{H}_{2}}CHO}}\,\xrightarrow{{{H}_{2}}}\] $$\mathop {RC{H_2}C{H_2}C{H_2}OH}\limits_{{\text{alcohol}}} $$