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Interpretation: A stepwise mechanism for the acid catalyzed isomerization of
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- Identify the intermediates (A–C) in the following reaction sequence, which was used to prepare racemic ooxacin. One enantiomer of the product, levooxacin, is an antibiotic used to treat severe bacterial infections that have not responded to other drugs.arrow_forwardIdentify the missing reagents a-f in the following scheme:arrow_forwardDraw the product of this reaction and states its IUPAC name, and states what type of mechanism is occuring (eg. SN1, SN2, E1, E2, etc)?arrow_forward
- (−)-Hyoscyamine, an optically active drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, is isolated from Atropa belladonna, the deadly nightshade plant, by a basic aqueous extraction procedure. If too much base is used during isolation, optically inactive material is isolated. (a) Explain this result by drawing a stepwise mechanism. (b) Explain why littorine, an isomer isolated from the tailflower plant in Australia, can be obtained optically pure regardless of the amount of base used during isolation.arrow_forwardDraw a stepwise mechanism for the following reaction, a key step in the synthesis of vernakalant, a drug approved in Europe in 2010 for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. Pure B was separated from a mixture of diastereomers. Your mechanism must explain the trans stereochemistry of the two substituents on the six-membered ring.arrow_forward(-)-Hyoscyamine, an optically active drug used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, is isolated from atropabelladonna, the deadly nightshade plant, by a basic aqueous extraction procedure. If too much base is used during isolation, optically inactive material is isolated A) explain this result by drawing a stepwise mechanismarrow_forward
- Describe the following chemical reactions as SN1, SN2, E1, and E2. Draw a curved arrow mechanism for each reaction.arrow_forwardDraw a stepwise mechanism for the following reaction. The four-membered ring in the starting material and product is called a β-lactam. This functional group confers biological activity on penicillin and many related antibiotics, as is discussed in Chapter 22. (Hint: The mechanism begins with β elimination and involves only two steps.)arrow_forwardDraw all constitutional isomers formed in each E2 reaction, and predict the major product using the Zaitsev rule.arrow_forward
- Draw a stepwise mechanism for the following Robinson annulation. This reaction was a key step in a synthesis of the steroid cortisone by R. B. Woodward and co-workers at Harvard University in 1951.arrow_forwardA key step in the synthesis of β-vetivone, a major constituent of vetiver, a perennial grass found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, involved the reaction of compound A and dihalide B with two equivalents of LDA to form C. Draw a stepwise mechanism for this reaction. β-Vetivone contains a spiro ring system—that is, two rings that share a single carbon atom.arrow_forwardAlthough γ-butyrolactone is a biologically inactive compound, it is converted in the body to 4-hydroxybutanoic acid (GHB), an addictive and intoxicating recreational drug. Draw a stepwise mechanism for this conversion in the presence of acid.arrow_forward
- Organic ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781305580350Author:William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. FootePublisher:Cengage Learning