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Show how you would synthesize the following alcohols from
Chapter 2, Problem 37SP(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Show how you would synthesize the following alcohols from appropriate alkenes.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
OH
CH_3
OH
OH
OH
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Show how you would synthesize the following alcohols from appropriate alkenes.
Equation Transcription:
Text Transcription:
OH
CH_3
OH
OH
OH
ANSWER:
Solution 37SP
Step 1
(a) Oxymercuration-demercuration of 1-pentene gives Markovnikov product, 2-pentanol. Here the electrophile, , remains bonded to the less substituted end of the double bond. Reduction of the organomercurial alcohol gives the Markovnikov alcohol: 2-pentanol.