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Show how 1-pentanol could be transformed into each of the following compounds. (You may use any needed inorganic reagents and you need not show the synthesis of a particular compound more than once.)
(a) 1-Bromopentane
(b) 1-Pentene
(c) 2-Pentanol
(d) Pentane
(e) 2-Bromopentane
(f) 1-Hexanol
(g) 1-Heptanol
(h) Pentanal
(i) 2-Pentanone
(j) Pentanoic acid
(k) Dipentyl ether (two ways)
(l) 1-Pentyne
(m) 2-Bromo-1-pentene
(n) Pentyllithium
(o) 4-Methyl-4-nonanol
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