Hello, I am studying for my organic chemistry exam in 3 days, and have a few questions. Hoping for as many answers as possible
1) Does anyone have the mechanism for oxidation of the methyl group to carboxylic acid by KMnO
4?
2) What happens in this reaction? : Isobutylbromide + (CH
3)
3CO
- Isobutylene
3) In Friedel-Crafts acylation, if you simply want to end up with an alkane, is it necessary to use an acyl halide? Can't one just use the corresponding alkyl halide and skip the Clemmensen reduction to remove the oxygen afterwards?
Thanks in advance