Question

Compound ‘A’ was prepared by oxidation of compound ‘B’ with alkaline KMnO₄. Compound ‘A’ on reduction with lithium aluminium hydride gets converted back to compound ‘B’. When compound ‘A’ is heated with compound B in the presence of H2SO₄ it produces fruity smell of compound C to which family the compounds ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ belong to?

Answer 1

‘A’ is a carboxylic acid, ‘B’ is an alcohol and ‘C’ is an ester.