A convenient method for achieving the transformation below involves treatment of the

Chapter 20, Problem 20.92

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A convenient method for achieving the transformation below involves treatment of the ketone with Wittig reagent 1 followed by acid-catalyzed hydration (Chem. Ber. 1962, 95, 25142525): O O 1) PPh3 MeO H 2) H3O+ 1 (a) Predict the product of the Wittig reaction. (b) Propose a plausible mechanism for the acid-catalyzed hydration to form the aldehyde.

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