A formate ester, such as ethyl formate, reacts with an excess of a Grignard reagent to give

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A formate ester, such as ethyl formate, reacts with an excess of a Grignard reagent to give (after protonation) secondary alcohols with two identical alkyl groups.
A formate ester, such as ethyl formate, reacts with an

(a) Propose a mechanism to show how the reaction of ethyl formate with an excess of allylmagnesium bromide gives, after protonation, hepta-1,6-dien-4-ol.

A formate ester, such as ethyl formate, reacts with an

(b) Show how you would use reactions of Grignard reagents with ethyl formate to synthesize the following secondary alcohols. (i) pentan-3-ol (ii) diphenylmethanol (iii) trans,trans-nona-2,7-dien-5-ol

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321768414

8th edition

Authors: L. G. Wade Jr.

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