- A

- B

- C

- D

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Correct answer: B, D
The question asks:
Which compound(s) on hydrogenation give optically inactive compound(s)?
However, the image/structures corresponding to options A, B, C, D are missing in the provided text. Since this is an organic stereochemistry question, the answer depends entirely on the exact structures of the compounds.
Step 1: What is needed to solve this?
For each option, we would need to:
- Identify the unsaturated compound.
- Perform hydrogenation conceptually:
- Check whether the product has:
- a chiral center,
- a plane of symmetry,
- meso form,
- or becomes achiral due to identical substituents.
Only after seeing the actual structures can we decide which hydrogenation products are optically inactive.
Step 2: Why the answer cannot be derived reliably from the given text
The options are shown as blank:
- A:
- B:
- C:
- D:
So there is no chemical information to evaluate. In a stereochemistry problem, even small structural differences completely change whether the hydrogenated product is chiral or achiral.
Step 3: Comparison with stored answer
The stored correct answer is given as:
But because the option structures are missing, I cannot independently verify whether this is correct.
Therefore, I cannot honestly derive the answer from the provided data.
Conclusion
Please provide the structures/images for options A, B, C, and D so I can solve the problem properly step-by-step.
With the current information, the stored answer cannot be verified from first principles.
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