Alain123456 - 14-3-2007 at 19:05
I'm working on some questions from my chem textbook, but I'm having some trouble with organic reactions.
One problem that I'm having trouble with is:
For each product, write a series of equations for a method of synthesis from other compounds:
phenyl ethanoate from an alkene and an alcohol
Can someone help with this please?
thanks.
[Edited on 14-3-2007 by Alain123456]
Sauron - 14-3-2007 at 19:28
Doing it yourself is rather the point of homework, don't you think?
Amyway did you draw the structures? Visualization helps. For one thing it helps ensure you understand the problem.
1. If you want to end up with a phenyl ethanoate what are your reactants at the final step?
2. One of those reactants you have only one step to make.
3. The other one you have to make from an alkene. What alkene? You can make it easy for yourself by thinking cycloalkene. In fact I don't think that
the terms of the problem would rule out a cyclodiene.
4. How many carbons in your cyclodiene?
5. How to get from there to your ultimate reacvtant?
Your ultimate reactant is what? Actually you have several perfectly good choices for this answer and it is just a matter of picking one and working
backwards to your cyclodiene.
I think that's more than sufficient hints to get you on the right path(s).
[Edited on 15-3-2007 by Sauron]