Organic Chemistry
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Identify the secondary alcohol produced when cyclopentyl formate reacts with an excess amount of Grignard reagent.
Propose a synthesis scheme for the formation of 1-methylcyclopent-1-ene from cyclopentanol.
Draw a suitable mechanism for the reaction shown below.
Draw the products obtained by the reaction between cyclopentanecarbaldehyde and the reagents shown below.
CH3MgBr, then H3O+
i) Draw a mechanism for each of the reactions. ii) Which of the two reactions would be considered more sustainable? Note: Assume that the starting organic molecules are equally green.