An equimolar mixture of calcium ethanoate and calcium propanoate is dry distilled. How many different ketones are expected? (Count $CH X_{3} COC X_{2} H X_{5}$ only once.)

Answer: A

Three combinations of the two anions are possible: ethanoate with ethanoate gives propanone, propanoate with propanoate gives pentan-3-one, and the cross combination gives butan-2-one. The cross product is one compound whichever way it is written, so the total is 3.

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An equimolar mixture of calcium ethanoate and calcium propanoate is dry distilled. How many different ketones are expected? (Count CHX3​COCX2​HX5​ only once.)

Answer: A

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