Carbonyl compounds have distinctive smells. Menthone smells of peppermint.
Menthone is reacted in a two-step synthesis shown below.
Step 1: A sample of menthone is added to hot acidified aqueous dichromate(VI) ions.
Step 2: The resulting mixture from Step 1 is added to NaBH4 in water.
What happens to the smell of the reaction mixture during the process?
Step 1 | Step 2 | |
A | Smell of peppermint remains | Smell of peppermint is lost |
B | Smell of peppermint is lost | Smell of peppermint returns |
C | Smell of peppermint remains | Smell of peppermint remains |
D | Smell of peppermint is lost | Smell of peppermint does not return |
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