Question

Question: Draw the products formed when A is treated with each reagent: (a) H₂ Pd-C; (b) mCPBA; (c) PCC; (d) CrO₃, H₂SO4, H₂O; (e) Sharpless reagent with (+)-DET.

Short answer

Answer

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

Step-by-step solution

Reduction reaction

Alkenes can be reduced to alkanes using the given reagent.The reaction is shown below:

Reduction of alkene

Oxidation reactions

Several reagents can be used to oxidize an alcoholic compound to ketone, aldehyde, carboxylic acid, and epoxide. Some of the reagents are PCC, .

The reactions are listed below:

Oxidation reactions

Epoxidation reactions

Epoxidation using mCPBA

The conversion of alkenes into epoxide using the reagent mCPBA leads to the syn addition of oxygen. The reaction is stereospecific in nature.

Epoxidation with mCPBA

• Sharpless epoxidation

The conversion of allylic alcohols to epoxides using Sharpless reagents

Sharpless epoxidation

Reactions of the given compound

The given compound can be expressed in its skeletal structure as follows:

Skeletal structure of the compound

a.

Reduction reaction

b.

Epoxidation with mCPBA

c.

Oxidation with PCC

d.

Oxidation with Cr₂O_{3 ,}H₂SO_4,H₂O

e.

Sharpless epoxidation with (+)-DET