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Solved: Using ethynylcyclohexane as a starting material
Chapter 12, Problem 30P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Using ethynylcyclohexane as a starting material and any other needed reagents, how could the following compounds be synthesized?
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QUESTION:
Using ethynylcyclohexane as a starting material and any other needed reagents, how could the following compounds be synthesized?
ANSWER:
Solution 30P
(a)
Treatment of ethynylcyclohexane with an organoboron compound gives an alkenyl-organoboron compound.
Now, the alkenyl-organoboron compound is reacted with an alkenyl halide in the presence of palladium catalyst gives the desired product. Thus, this reaction is known as Suzuki reaction.