Explain how you would use the alkene starting material in Problem 6.13 to determine the absolute configuration

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Explain how you would use the alkene starting material in Problem 6.13 to determine the absolute configuration of the dextrorotatory enantiomer of the following hydrocarbon:PhCHCH2CH3 T CH3

Indicate what reaction you would use. Outline the possible results of your experiment and how you would interpret them.


Problem 6.13

Use the known stereochemistry of the starting alkene (from this section) to assign the stereochemical configuration of the product, which was found by experiment to be levorotatory.(R)-(-)-Ph-CH-CH=CH | CH3 1) BH3 2) HO/OH- (-)-Ph-CH-CHCH-OH I CH3 unknown configuration; the optical

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781936221349

6th Edition

Authors: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise

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