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A-LevelChemistryHydrocarbons9701/12 · May/June 2018 · Q221 Mark

Maleic acid is used in the food industry and for stabilising drugs. It is the cis-isomer of butenedioic acid and has the structural formula HO2CCH=CHCO2H. What is the product formed from the reaction of maleic acid with cold, dilute, acidified manganate(VII) ions?

AHO2CCH(OH)CH(OH)CO2H
BHO2CCO2H
CHO2CCH2CH(OH)CO2H
DHO2CCOCOCO2H

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A: HO2CCH(OH)CH(OH)CO2H

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Hydrocarbons, A-Level Chemistry (syllabus 9701). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Chemistry, May/June 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 22.

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