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Ch. 7 - The Reactions of Alkynes • An Introduction to Multistep SynthesisProblema 43(1)
a. Starting with 3-methyl-1-butyne, how can you prepare the following alcohols?
1. 2-methyl-2-butanol
b. In each case, a second alcohol would also be obtained. What alcohol would it be?
Problema 44a,b
Which of the following names are correct? Correct those that are not correct.
a. 4-heptyne
b. 2-ethyl-3-hexyne
Problema 44c,d
Which of the following names are correct? Correct those that are not correct.
c. 4-chloro-2-pentyne
d. 2,3-dimethyl-5-octyne
Problema 44e,f
Which of the following names are correct? Correct those that are not correct.
e. 4,4-dimethyl-2-pentyne
f. 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexyne
Problema 45d,e
Which of the following pairs are keto–enol tautomers?
d.
e.
Problema 46a
How can the following compounds be prepared using ethyne as the starting material?
a.
Problema 46b
How can the following compounds be prepared using ethyne as the starting material?
b.
Problema 46c
How can the following compounds be prepared using ethyne as the starting material?
c.
Problema 46e
How can the following compounds be prepared using ethyne as the starting material?
e.
Problema 46f
How can the following compounds be prepared using ethyne as the starting material?
f.
Problema 47
Do the equilibria of the following acid–base reactions lie to the right or the left? (The pKa of H2O2 is 11.6.)
HOOH + HO− ⇌ HOO− + H2O
RC☰CH + HOO− ⇌ RC☰C− + HOOH
Problema 48c,d
What is each compound's systematic name?
c.
d.
Problema 49a
What stereoisomers are obtained when 2-butyne undergoes each of the following reaction sequences?
a. 1. H2/Lindlar catalyst 2. Br2/CH2Cl2
Problema 49c
What stereoisomers are obtained when 2-butyne undergoes each of the following reaction sequences?
c. 1. Cl2/CH2Cl2 2. Br2/CH2Cl2
Problema 50a
Show how the following compounds can be synthesized starting with ethyne:
a. cis-2-octene
Problema 50b
Show how the following compounds can be synthesized starting with ethyne:
b. trans-3-heptene
Problema 52a
Show how each of the following compounds can be prepared using the given starting material, any needed inorganic reagents, and any organic compound that has no more than four carbons:
a.
Problema 52b
Show how each of the following compounds can be prepared using the given starting material, any needed inorganic reagents, and any organic compound that has no more than four carbons:
b.
Problema 52c
Show how each of the following compounds can be prepared using the given starting material, any needed inorganic reagents, and any organic compound that has no more than four carbons:
c.
Problema 52e
Show how each of the following compounds can be prepared using the given starting material, any needed inorganic reagents, and any organic compound that has no more than four carbons:
e.
Problema 52f
Show how each of the following compounds can be prepared using the given starting material, any needed inorganic reagents, and any organic compound that has no more than four carbons:
f.
Problema 53
A chemist is planning to synthesize 3-octyne by adding 1-bromobutane to the product obtained from the reaction of 1-butyne with sodium amide. Unfortunately, however, he forgot to order 1-butyne. How else can he prepare 3-octyne?
Problema 54
a. Explain why a single pure product is obtained from hydroboration–oxidation of 2-butyne, whereas two products are obtained from hydroboration–oxidation of 2-pentyne.
b. Name two other internal alkynes that yield only one product upon hydroboration–oxidation.
Problema 55a
What stereoisomers are obtained from the following reactions?
Problema 55b
What stereoisomers are obtained from the following reactions?
b.
Problema 56
Explain why, in hydroboration–oxidation, HO− and HOOH cannot be added until after the hydroboration reaction is over.
Problema 57a
Starting with ethyne, describe how the following compounds can be synthesized:
a. (3S,4R)-4-bromo-3-hexanol and (3R,4S)-4-bromo-3-hexanol
Problema 58
α-Farnesene is a dodecatetraene found in the waxy coating of apple skins. What is its systematic name? Include E and Z where necessary to indicate the configuration of the double bonds.
Problema 59
Show how the following compound can be prepared from the given starting material. Draw the structure of the compound that is formed in each step of the synthesis.