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Muscalure is the sex pheromone of the common housefly and has the molecular formula C23H46. When treated with O3 followed by DMS, the following two compounds are produced. Draw two possible structures for muscalure. H O H O

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QUESTION:

Muscalure is the sex pheromone of the common housefly and has the molecular formula C23H46. When treated with O3 followed by DMS, the following two compounds are produced. Draw two possible structures for muscalure. H O H O

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To determine the reactants of an ozonolysis reaction, place the two carbonyl groups near each other, and then remove the oxygens and draw a double bond between the two carbons of the former carbonyls.

     

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