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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Altered State on October 23, 2013, 07:23:56 PM
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In the top of the img is the reaction, and below is my attempt.
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What am I missing here? How can that ketone be "eliminated" with those conditions?
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Is "pent-3-en-2-ona" a typo or is the rest of the word cut off? That could make a huge difference
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That's easy, it doesn't ;)
There is a hydroxy group missing in the target molecule, the ketone is just enolizing to form an aromatic System.
That's a Standard hauser annulation if you want to look it up.
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Is "pent-3-en-2-ona" a typo or is the rest of the word cut off? That could make a huge difference
Not a typo, it's pent-3-en-2-one in Spanish.
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That's easy, it doesn't ;)
There is a hydroxy group missing in the target molecule, the ketone is just enolizing to form an aromatic System.
That's a Standard hauser annulation if you want to look it up.
That's what I thought. Thanks.