Question

Question: How would you prepare the following alkyl halides from the corresponding alcohols?

Short answer

Answer

The given compound is 1-fluoro,3,3-dimethylcyclopentane. It can be prepared as the following way:

Step-by-step solution

Alkyl halides

Alkyl halides are also known as haloalkanes or halogenoalkanes. They contains one or more halogen (-Cl, -Br, -I, -F) atoms. They are derived from alkanes by replacing one or more H-atom from alkanes.

Preparation of given compound

Given compound (d) can be prepared using 3,3-dimethyl-cyclopentanol in the presence of ${\left({\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2\right)}_2{\mathrm{NSF}}_3$and HF in pyridine.

The reaction is as follows:

Preparation of 1-fluoro,3,3-dimethylcyclopentane