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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Darkstar on September 19, 2004, 09:33:40 PM

Title: esters to alkanes
Post by: Darkstar on September 19, 2004, 09:33:40 PM

How do you hydrogenate esters all the way to alkanes as in this process:
ethyl 2-hydroxycyclopentane carboxylate to 2-methylcyclopentanone?

Title: Re:esters to alkanes
Post by: Donaldson Tan on September 20, 2004, 12:08:25 AM

this isn't plain hydrogenation. A hydroxyl (-OH) group is lost too.