Answer: C
The compound shown is (2E,4E)-hexa-2,4-diene. Cleaving both double bonds gives two terminal CHX3CHO units and a central OHC−CHO. Oxidative work-up converts ethanal to ethanoic acid and ethanedial to ethanedioic (oxalic) acid. The central unit is not the same compound as the terminal one, so ethanoic acid alone is not the answer.