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Provide structures for the semicarbazone and the 2,42,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone of citral.

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2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and semicarbazide are imine derivatives that form stable compounds with aldehydes. Citral is a naturally occurring oil mainly comprised of two isomeric unsaturated aldehydes (geranial and neral). So it would react with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and semicarbazide as follows:

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