To prepare butanoic acid from 1-propanol, which sequence of reagent(s) is/are best employed? A (1) PBR3; (2) NaCN; (3) H2O; (4) [H*] (1) NaCN; (2) H,0; (3) [H*] (c) K2Cr,0, in acid D) LIAIH4

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To prepare butanoic acid from 1-propanol, which sequence of reagent(s) is/are best employed?
A) (1) PBR3; (2) NaCN; (3) H,O; (4) [H*]
B (1) NaCN; (2) H,O; (3) [H*]
c) K2Cr20, in acid
LİAIH,
Transcribed Image Text:To prepare butanoic acid from 1-propanol, which sequence of reagent(s) is/are best employed? A) (1) PBR3; (2) NaCN; (3) H,O; (4) [H*] B (1) NaCN; (2) H,O; (3) [H*] c) K2Cr20, in acid LİAIH,
In the conversion of acetone to aceto-cyanohydrin, the effect of electron-donating substituents on the tetrahedral intermediate is
to:
A) make the intermediate more crowded
stabilize the charge on oxygen
c) destabilize the charge on oxygen
(D
destabilize the carbocation formed
Transcribed Image Text:In the conversion of acetone to aceto-cyanohydrin, the effect of electron-donating substituents on the tetrahedral intermediate is to: A) make the intermediate more crowded stabilize the charge on oxygen c) destabilize the charge on oxygen (D destabilize the carbocation formed
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