Question: Show how you would use Grignard syntheses to prepare the following alcohols from the indicated starting materials and any other necessary reagents. (a) octan-3-ol from

Show how you would use Grignard syntheses to prepare the following alcohols from the indicated starting materials and any other necessary reagents.
(a) octan-3-ol from hexanal, CH3 (CH2)4CHO
(b) octan-1-ol from 1-bromoheptane
(c) 1-cyclohexylethanol from acetaldehyde, CH3CHO
(d) 2-cyclohexylethanol from bromocyclohexane
(e) benzyl alcohol from bromobenzene(Ph---CH2----OH) from bromobenzene (Ph---Br)
(f)

Show how you would use Grignard syntheses to prepare the

(g) cyclopentylphenylmethanol from benzaldehyde (Ph---CHO)

C-CH, CH3 from C-OCH,CH

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