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synthesize acetic acid from alkyl halide
polly:
Hi! How do you synthesize acetic acid starting with any alkyl halide and acetylene. Would it just be KMnO4/H3O+ ?? Also, when synthesizing a (well I can't name this structure so I will do my best to describe it- it is trans with 2 benzene groups attached by a 2 propene in the middle)- hope that makes sense. The question is how do you snthesize this using any alkyl halide and acetylene? Can you use NaH2,NH3 twice as 2 separate steps and from there use Li/NH3??
Thanks!
Edit: edited title for better indexing. Mitch
GCT:
React the acetylene with NaNH2 (or Na) to produce an acetylide anion, alkylate using an methyl halide (chloride), then oxidize completely.
I'm not quite sure what you're referring to in your second question. Perhaps end substituded propene by two benzenes...if so I have an idea what you'll need.
polly:
Thanks for your input. I will try and explain the second material better. There is a double bond in the middle. Coming off both sides of the double bond in a trans manner is an ethyl benzene on each side. The ethyl part is atached to the double bond. My question is can you form this by using acetylene and then adding an ethyl benzene with NaNH2,NH3, THF on two separate occasions and then use Li/NH3 to cut the tripple bond to double and form a trans product?? If not, how would you make it? I hope that is more clear. I wish I could draw it and show you but I have no idea how to do that on the computer.
Thanks
polly:
PS- I goofed on the first email- I meant 2 butene not propene- Sorry!
Mitch:
Can you post a picture? Just use Paint and save it as a JPeg?
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