What is the name of the product of the hydrogenation of chloro-trans stilbene in the presence of a palladium catalyst? Show mechanism.
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Compounds X and Y have the formulaC6H12.Both X and Y react with one molar equivalent ofhydrogen in the presence of a palladium catalyst to form2-methylpentane.The heat of hydrogenation of X is less than that ofY.X and Y react with HBr to form a mixture of the samebromoalkanes, and they both undergo hydroboration/oxidation to givea mixture of the same alcohols.What is the structure of Y?