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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: smdelgado on January 09, 2020, 01:49:38 AM
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Hi all!
Can someone help me identify reaction conditions (reagents and conditions) from A:
to B:
Thanks in advance!
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You need to show your try, are you in college? have you learned alkene reactions? markovnikov's rule?
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OK think I got it with some help from your hint. The reaction can be performed in aqueous solution with sulfuric acid catalyst. Does that sound right?
And no, I'm not a college student. This is a small piece of a pretty large and difficult problem set of interview questions. The questions are open book, open-world (we can reach out to anyone) and range in topics from math, engineering, biology, chemistry, you name it. Thanks for the *delete me*
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Bad association. This isomer can be obtained according to the anti-Markovnikov mechanism. This is quite advanced organic chemistry.
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Mark/anti-Mark? This isn't an addition - count the carbons!
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Good catch by MJC - the chain is shorter in the product....
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Indeed good catch! maybe ozonlysis and reduction...
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Thanks all!