Question

How would you prepare the following compounds, starting with cyclopentene and any other reagents needed? (d) Cyclopentanol.

Short answer

Cyclopentanol can be formed in the following way:

Step-by-step solution

Step-by-step solutionStep 1: Hydroboration

It means substitution of one hydrogen from the reactant, so that alcohol group can be added there.

Alkyl halide

Alkyl halides are also known as haloalkanes or halogenoalkanes. They contains one or more halogen substituents i.e. –Br, -Cl,-I,-F.

Preparation of cyclopentanol

The desired product cyclopentanol can be prepared by hydroboration or oxidation of cyclopantene.

The reaction is as follows:

Preparation of cyclopentanol