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Title: Reaction synthesis
Post by: Teunos on September 15, 2018, 11:45:43 AM

Hello,

I'm currently on an assignment about synthesizing a molecule. In this reaction, a carbon atom, which is bonded to R, is furthermore consisting of an hydrogen atom and a double bonded oxygen. In the product of the reaction, the C=O binding is gone, leaving only R-H.

My question is, how could one 'substitute' the H-C-OH with only an hydrogen atom?

Thanks in advance!

Teunos

Title: Re: Reaction synthesis
Post by: wildfyr on September 15, 2018, 12:00:01 PM

Would you say that you are converting an aldehyde to an alkane?

Title: Re: Reaction synthesis
Post by: rolnor on September 15, 2018, 03:04:44 PM

Wolff-Kishner? Or make a dithioacetal and desulphurize with Raney-Ni.

Title: Re: Reaction synthesis
Post by: sjb on September 17, 2018, 04:53:58 AM

Do you mean RCHO to RCH₃ or to RH?