Organic Chemistry
Identify the best set of reagents for synthesizing the specified compound via the Wittig reaction.
What is the best pair of phosphonium ylide and carbonyl compound for synthesizing the given compound?
Show how the following conversion can be achieved with good yield. Use any necessary reagents.
Show how the given conversion can be achieved with a good yield. Provide any necessary reagents.
Devise a synthesis for the following alkenes using the Wittig reaction starting with an alkyl halide and a ketone or an aldehyde.
Draw the products of the reaction shown below.
(i) Outline the syntheses shown below, using aldehydes and alkyl halides as your starting materials.
(ii) Show how to make penta-1,3-diene via the formation of the terminal double bond.
