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The hydrocarbon [A] adds one mole of hydrogen in the presence of a platinum catalyst to form n-hexane. When [A] is oxidised vigorously with `KMnO_(4)`, a single carboxylic acid containing three carbon atoms is isolated. Give the strucure of [A] and explain the reactions.

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`CH_(3)-CH_(2)-CH=CH-CH_(2)-CH_(3)(A)`
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