JEE Advance - Chemistry (2011 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 17)
The structure of the compound Q is




Explanation
(i) When 3,3-dimethyl but-1-yne reacts with dil. $\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4$ in presence of $\mathrm{HgSO}_4$, ketone is formed.

(ii) The ketone is reduced to secondary alcohol in presence of sodium borohydride $\left(\mathrm{NaBH}_4\right)$ ethanol).

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