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Offline Card1ologist

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Compound Synthesis Problem
« on: April 10, 2023, 10:01:54 PM »
I am studying for an upcoming exam and using past exams for practice. I've stumbled across a synthesis question that I am unsure about. I've attached it to this post. Since the process is three steps, I've come up with the following:

1. React OH with SOCl2 in pyridine to replace the OH with Cl.
2. Perform a Grignard reaction using Mg, ether and then H3O+.
3. Dehydrate the alcohol using POCL3 in pyridine.

Is this an adequate answer for this problem? Are there perhaps others that I am unaware of?

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Re: Compound Synthesis Problem
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2023, 05:57:05 AM »
1 and 2 I would agree, but 3 I am unsure. What product do you get after hydrolysis of Grignard?

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Re: Compound Synthesis Problem
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2023, 10:18:58 PM »
Yep, I'm on board with your pathway.

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