A tertiary alcohol (H) upon acid-catalysed dehydration gives a product (I). Ozonolysis of (I) leads to compounds (J) and (K). Compound (J) upon reaction with KOH gives benzyl alcohol and a compound (L), whereas (K) on reaction with KOH gives only (M).

The structurer of compound (I) is:

Options

A.
B.
C.
D.

Answer

(B)

Explanation

`H=Ph-CH_(2)underset(CH_(3))underset(|)overset(OH)overset(|)(C)-Ph I=Ph-CH=underset(CH_(3))underset(|)(C)-Ph " " K=Ph-underset(O)underset(||)(C) -CH_(3)`
`underset((J))(Ph-CHO)overset(OH^(-))underset(("cannizaro reaction"))to underset((L))(Ph-CH_(2)OH+Ph-COO^(-)K^(+)`