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Methyl pent-4-enoate, , is shaken with (1 atm) over Pd-C at room temperature until uptake stops. The product is

  1. Apentan-1-ol
  2. Bmethyl pentanoate
  3. Cpent-4-en-1-ol
  4. Dmethyl pent-4-enoate (no reaction)

Answer: B

Pd-C at 1 atm readily saturates an isolated C=C but does not reduce an ester. Hence , methyl pentanoate.
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