Topic: Draw the skeletal structure of the resulting product of interest? (Read 2733 times)

theanonymous · « **on:** April 01, 2013, 10:56:04 PM »

I keep getting those two answers wrong...
I only have 1 more submission left for the first one.

discodermolide · « **Reply #1 on:** April 02, 2013, 02:39:49 AM »

The last structure after heating has too many carbons if the product is pentatonic acid. Heating will decarboxylate the do-acid to give
OC(CCCC)=O

So somewhere along the line you need a propyl halide.

theanonymous · « **Reply #2 on:** April 02, 2013, 07:53:24 AM »

Quote from: discodermolide on April 02, 2013, 02:39:49 AM

The last structure after heating has too many carbons if the product is pentatonic acid. Heating will decarboxylate the do-acid to give

So somewhere along the line you need a propyl halide.

Oh... xD
I submitted that structure...oh well...they marked it wrong.
Do you know what C is by any chance?

discodermolide · « **Reply #3 on:** April 02, 2013, 08:59:35 AM »

I find these questions very ambiguous. In that case structure D is the one you drew for (e) but with 1 less carbon in the chain.
I did not say that my structure was (D). That is the final product you want to get.

orgopete · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2013, 09:25:26 AM »

@anonymous
You entered the wrong number of carbons in c) and e). In c) the product would be butanoic acid and in e) hexanoic acid. The problem asks for pentanoic acid.

Topic: Draw the skeletal structure of the resulting product of interest? (Read 2733 times)

theanonymous

Draw the skeletal structure of the resulting product of interest?

discodermolide

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theanonymous

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discodermolide

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