A compound (X)containg C,H, and O is unreactive towardssodium. It does not add with bromine. It also and excess of Hl, (X) yields only oneorganic product (Y), (Y) on hydrolsis yield s a new compond (Z) whch can be convertedto (Y) by reaction with red phosphours and permangnategivesa carboxlic acid. The equivalanetweight of this acid is 60. What are the compounds (X), teh conversionof (X) to (Y).

A compound (X)containg C,H, and O is unreactive towardssodium. It does

1.	A compound (X)containg C,H, and O is unreactive towardssodium. It does not add with bromine. It also and excess of Hl, (X) yields only oneorganic product (Y), (Y) on hydrolsis yield s a new compond (Z) whch can be convertedto (Y) by reaction with red phosphours and permangnategivesa carboxlic acid. The equivalanetweight of this acid is 60. What are the compounds (X), teh conversionof (X) to (Y).
Answer» Solution :Sincecompound `(X)` does not react with sodium, so it is neither an acid nor an alchol [`(-OH_)` group absent]. Compound `(X)` does not react with SCHIFF's REAGENT so it is not an aldehyde. Compound `(X)` yieldsonly one product with excess of `HI`, so it may be an ether and the LAST product of givensequence of reactions is an acid with molecular WEIGHT`60`, so the acid is aceticacid `(CH_(3)COOH)` and the ether si diethyl ether. (Becuase acdi is two `C` compound, so ether contains four carbons).