a. What reagent must be used in the preparation of an acid chloride from a carboxylic acid? b. Explain why this reagent is necessary. Why can;t you simply react the carboxylic acid with Cl-? COnsider the mechanism of the reaction in your explanation.

Q: Explain why Jone's oxidation of 4-methyl-2-pentanol is faster than that of 3,3-dimethyl-2-pentanol.

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Q: please explain why phenol is not easily attacked by a positive reagent such as aniline?

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Q: Part A What alcohols would you oxidize to obtain the following carbonyl compounds? H;C. Draw the…

A: Alcohols on oxidation gives carbonyl compounds. Primary alcohol is oxidized to aldehyde and…

Q: This is Wittig Rxn:  Whatever mechanism you choose to draw is fine since you can leave the base as…

A: Wittig reaction is carried out between aldehyde or ketone and ylide to form the alkene .

Q: How does a protic solvent make strong bases less nucleophilic?

A: How does a protic solvent make strong bases less nucleophilic has to be given.

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Q: D. Is the nucleophile strong or weak? E. Is the solvent polar protic or polar aprotic? F. What type…

A: Note: polar protic solvent and weak nucleophile and secondary alkyl halide all favors a sn1…

Q: What site on the alkyl halide is likely to get attacked by the cyanide (in other words, which atom…

A: Electrophilic sites are those sites which are electron deficient.

Q: List all the reagents necessary for this reaction: ???

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Q: Which benzylic halide reacts faster in an SN1 reaction? Explain.

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Q: Draw the product of cyclohexanone, bromine and base catalysis. thank you for your explanation in…

A: The major product of the given reaction is illustrate here: Let the base is NaOH. We know that Br is…

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Q: What must be done to OH to make it a good leaving group?

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Q: (a) Explain why an alkylamine is more basic than ammonia?(b) How would you convert(i) Aniline to…

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Q: e. Hint: heat is necessary to generate carbocations AND the concentrated acid conditions minimize…

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Q: OH HO CH3

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Q: What is the best reagent to use for this reaction? Lon La HO O HCI O HO*, H2O O SOCI,, pyridine

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Q: 2) Propose a set of reaction conditions to most efficiently carry out the following transformations.…

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Q: Y-Z a. Circle the substitution product. b. Based on the structures of the two products, why do you…

A: Let us discuss the energy level diagrams of substitution and addition reactions.

Q: Why is alkoxide (RO-) a stronger base than Chloride? Why are alcohols typically poor electrophiles?

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Q: 20. Draw the full acetal formation scheme on your paper, and then draw in the curved arrows for each…

A: Acetals are geminal-diether derivatives of aldehydes, formed by reaction with excess amount of an…

Q: 8. Design a synthesis of the target molecule from the starting material shown. ОН "ОН

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Q: Explain why alkylation of an α-carbon works best if the alkyl halide used in the reaction is a…

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Q: Explain the mechanism for the reduction of an ester with LAH ?

A: Reduction of esters with 1 equivalent of LAH produces carbonyl compounds. Carbonyl compounds…

Q: Use the malonic ester synthesis to prepare each carboxylic acid.

A: Malonic ester synthesis of carboxylic acid: a).

Q: Jlain, why organocopper reagents are weaker nucleophile in comparison to organocuprate reagents.

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Q: 1. Draw the Product (If applicable) of the Following Reactions: Br HCl

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Q: a. A student did not obtain any ester when he added 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoic acid to an acidic…

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Q: Explain the major step of a nucleophilic acyl substitution ?

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Q: a. Which is a stronger base: RO- or RS-? b. Which is a better nucleophile in an aqueous solution? c.…

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Q: d. Hint: the acetylide ion is both a strong base and a strong nucleophile. Br Na+ ECH THF

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Q: Use the malonic ester synthesis to prepare each carboxylic acid.

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Q: 1. Why is aldol product the major product in relation to the Cannizzaro reaction?

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Q: Why is the reaction of the type shown below usually done? a.To make an aldehyde or ketone less…

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Q: 3. a. Describe how the ring test was performed (method). d. If the ring test came back positive, how…

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Q: reagents needed to generate Tollen's Reagent in the box. Reagents should be listed in al rs come…

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Q: can you use carboxylic acid for grignard reagent. why or why not?

A: on the reaction of the carboxylic acid with Grignard reagent, we see acid-base reaction instead of…

Q: 1. Rank the following according to increasing reactivity (1 - least reactive, 4 - most reactive in a…

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Q: Why is acetic acid used as reagent? What would happen if you used HCl instead?

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Aldehydes and Ketones

Aldehydes and ketones are organic compounds that have a carbonyl group, C = O, as their functional group. They both differ in the placement of this carbonyl group in their structures.