Chapter 8: 28Q (page 429)
Show how you would accomplish each of the following synthetic conversions.
Chapter 8: 28Q (page 429)
Show how you would accomplish each of the following synthetic conversions.
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Get started for freeThe chiral BINAP ligand shown in figure 8-8 contains no asymmetric carbon atoms. Explain how this ligand is chiral.
Question: Show how you would accomplish the following conversions.
(a)Cis-hex-3-ene to meso-hexane-3,4-diol
(b)Cis-hex-3-ene to (d,l)-hexane-3,4-diol
(c)Trans-hex-3-ene to meso-hexane-3,4-diol
(d)Trans-hex-3-ene to (d,l)-hexane-3,4-diol
Predict the carbenoid addition products of the following reactions.
(a) trans-hex-3-ene+ CH2I2, Zn(Cu)
(b) ciz-hept-2-ene+ CH2I2, Zn(Cu)
Limonene is one of the compounds that give lemons their tangy odour.Show the structures of the products expected when limonene reacts with an excess of each of these reagents.
(a) Borane in tetrahydrofuran, followed by basic hydrogen peroxide
(b) m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid
(c) ozone, then dimethyl sulfide
(d) a mixture of osmic acid and hydrogen peroxide
(e) hot, concentrated potassium permanganate
(f) peroxyacetic acid in acidic water
(g) hydrogen and a platinum catalyst
(h) hydrogen bromide gas
(i) hydrogen bromide gas in a solution containing dimethyl peroxide
(j) bromine water
(k) chlorine gas
(l) mercuric acetate in methanol, followed by sodium borohydride
(m) CHBr3 and 50% aq. NaOH
Predict the major products of the following reactions.
(a) Propene + BH3 .THF (b) the product from part (a) + H2O2/OH-
(c) 2-methylpent-2-ene + BH3.THF (d) the product from part (c) + H2O2/OH-
(e) methylcyclohexane+ BH3 .THF (f) the product from (e) + H2O2/OH-
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